Learn about how the oil and gas industry impacts health and safety through FracTracker articles, maps, and imagery.
The FracTracker articles and maps below explore the ways that unconventional oil & gas development impact public health and safety, including air pollution, water contamination, pipeline incidents such as explosions, fracking-induced earthquakes, and more. We analyze many of these issues through an Environmental Justice lens, considering that marginalized communities are disproportionately impacted by health issues caused by oil and gas activities.
Explore our images of health and safety issues related to energy exploration, extraction, production, and fossil fuel products and byproducts.
Explore an album of images related to the February 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
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Ted Auch, PhD2017-03-13 11:27:562021-04-15 15:03:37How close are schools and hospitals to drilling activity in West Virginia and Ohio?
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Ted Auch, PhD2017-03-02 16:46:592021-04-15 15:03:40Ohio Shale Activity, Waste Disposal, and Public Water Supplies
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FracTracker Alliance2017-02-08 13:30:042021-04-15 15:03:46A Formula for Disaster: Calculating Risk at the Ethane Cracker
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