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International Articles

LNG tankers docked at Sabine Pass LNG, LA on the Gulf Coast. Photo credit: Ted Auch, 2023.

LNG 101: A Guide to Liquefied Natural Gas

Greenwashed “Security”: The Truth Behind Ireland’s LNG Terminal Plans

Irish communities are fighting back against a proposed fracked gas import terminal. Find out how this battle connects to the US anti-fracking movement and what's at stake for Ireland's energy future.
March 31, 2025/by Shannon Smith

Fossil Fashion: How Oil and Gas Fuel the Fashion Industry

Fast fashion relies heavily on synthetic materials and nonrenewable energy sources, leaving behind significant environmental footprints and often involving unethical labor practices.
March 4, 2024/by FracTracker Alliance
LNG export terminal

Book Review Part II: ‘Public Responses to Fossil Fuel Export: Exporting Energy and Emissions in a Time of Transition’

In second installment of this book review, Ted Auch, PhD, reviews chapters 4-8 of Public Responses to Fossil Fuel Export. Published in January 2022, this work explores the social dimensions of the global fossil fuel export system, with a focus on public perceptions and responses to new infrastructures.
January 11, 2023/by Ted Auch, PhD

Book Review Part I: ‘Public Responses to Fossil Fuel Export: Exporting Energy and Emissions in a Time of Transition’

In this book review, Ted Auch, PhD, reviews the first three chapters of Public Responses to Fossil Fuel Export. Published in January 2022, this work explores the social dimensions of the global fossil fuel export system, with a focus on public perceptions and responses to new infrastructures.
December 19, 2022/by Ted Auch, PhD
Russia Ukraine Energy Map

Mapping Energy Systems Impacted by the Russia-Ukraine War

This story map explores how the West's failure to transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is funding Russia's invasion of Ukraine
April 20, 2022/by FracTracker Alliance

Ten Things I learned from Taking Break Free From Plastic’s Toxic Tours

FracTracker's Erica Jackson outlines ten things she learned in Break Free From Plastic's virtual Toxic Tours.
February 8, 2022/by Erica Jackson

A Community Sentinel’s leadership continues: Melissa Troutman since 2019

2019 Community Sentinel winner Melissa Troutman shares with FracTracker what she has been up to since winning the Sentinel award.
January 5, 2022/by FracTracker Alliance

Gas Storage Plan vs. Indigenous Rights in Nova Scotia

The Mi’kmaq First Nations people are facing threats to their lands and water due to plans in Nova Scotia proposed by AltaGas.
May 20, 2021/by Karen Edelstein
Petrochemical development in the Houston, Texas area

COVID-19 and the oil & gas industry

COVID-19 and the oil and gas industry are at odds. Air pollution…
March 24, 2020/by Shannon Smith
Freiburg Recycling

The Circular Economy: What it means for Fracking and Plastic

November 24, 2019/by Erica Jackson

How State Regulations Hold Us back and What Other Countries are doing about Fracking

While it might be tempting to welcome an industry that often creates a temporary economic spike, the costs of mitigating the environmental damage from fracking far out-weighs the profit gained.
October 10, 2019/by Intern FracTracker
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