Power Plant Locations and Unemployment Rates
A FracTracker analysis investigates the link between energy infrastructure and economic distress, revealing that U.S. power plants are disproportionately concentrated in counties with high unemployment.
Pipeline Incidents Are a Daily Occurrence
Pipeline incidents are more common, more dangerous, and more underreported than you might realize. This articles investigates a critical infrastructure system plagued by daily disasters and raises serious questions about data integrity and public safety. Read on to discover the full extent of the problem.
Environmental Justice Analysis of Oil Extraction in Los Angeles Communities
Oil drilling in Los Angeles disproportionately burdens marginalized communities. This analysis shows elevated poverty and non-white demographics in areas with high well density, exacerbating environmental injustice.
How Increased Protective Buffer Zones Could Help Protect 3.6 million Pennsylvanians
Learn how proposed buffers around fracking sites could protect 3.6 million residents in Pennsylvania.
Regulatory Gaps and Resistance: The Battle Over Fracking in Southern Illinois
Guest authors Sam Stearns and Tabitha Tripp dive into the complex history of resource extraction in Southern Illinois. Drawing on personal experience and the work of community organizers, they reveal the threats posed by fracking, the failures of regulatory agencies, and the urgent need for environmental justice.
Can California Energy Policy Move Past its Contradictions?
California’s energy policy is riddled with contradictions. Explore how the state’s climate goals clash with its continued reliance on fossil fuels, carbon capture, and fragmented regulations.
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Data Gaps: A Critical Examination of Oil and Gas Well Incidents in Ohio
Over the past eight years, approximately 2,000 incidents associated with oil and gas wells occurred in Ohio. Many incidents were not accurately categorized, meaning much of the data understates the severity of records.
Great Plains Action SocietyIndigenous Communities’ Fight Against CO2 Pipelines in the Great Plains
FracTracker Alliance and Great Plains Action Society have launched an environmental justice mapping tool to support Indigenous communities in their resistance against CO2 pipelines.
Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Industry Trends: Drilled Wells, Violations, Production, and Waste
This article looks at trends in the oil and gas industry in Pennsylvania, including the number of drilled wells, violations that have been issued, oil and gas production, and waste generation. We also point out examples of how data limitations make it challenging to answer frequently asked questions.
A Closer Look at Risks of the Appalachian Hydrogen Hub
The U.S. Department of Energy’s ARCH2 hydrogen hub project presents substantial risks to the environment and human health and safety.
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