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California is Frack Free, for the Moment

November 19, 2019/by Kyle Ferrar, MPH

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A successful 2019 Community Sentinel Award Reception- a full summary

October 29, 2019/by FracTracker Alliance

There are many courageous and determined individuals to be grateful for within the environmental movement. At the 2019 Community Sentinel Awards for Environmental Stewardship, we were graced with the presence of many such leaders, and celebrated four in particular as this year’s award winners. From those fighting LNG export terminals on the West Coast, to […]

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

October 10, 2019/by Intern FracTracker

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.

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Want Not, Waste Not? Fossil Fuel Extraction’s Waste Disposal Challenges

October 3, 2019/by Karen Edelstein

Pennsylvania’s fracking industry is producing record amounts of toxic waste — where does it all go? Drilling for methane and other fossil fuels is an energy-intensive process with many associated environmental costs. In addition to the gas that is produced through high volume hydraulic fracturing (“unconventional drilling,” or “fracking”), the process generates a great deal […]

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Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services

October 1, 2019/by Guest Author

Guest Blog by Josh Eisenfeld, Director of Marketing with Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services looks maps the origin of their intake calls and reflects on their geographic distribution as it relates to areas with heavy environmental burdens. Over the last five years, Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services has […]

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New Method for Locating Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells is Tested in New York State

September 17, 2019/by Guest Author

Guest blog by Natalia N. Romanzo, graduate student, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY Innovations in geospatial remote sensing technology developed by a research team at Binghamton University’s Geophysics and Remote Sensing Laboratory allow for improved detection of unplugged oil and gas wells. Implementing this technology would allow responsible agencies to more efficiently locate, and then […]

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Ohio’s Secret Fracking Chemicals

September 12, 2019/by Shannon Smith

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Abandoned Wells in Pennsylvania: We’re Not Doing Enough

August 8, 2019/by Intern FracTracker

Pennsylvania does not have adequate plan to address thousands of dangerous abandoned natural gas and oil wells within the state. FracTracker intern Isabelle Weber gives recommendations to address this widespread issue.

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The Underlying Politics and Unconventional Well Fundamentals of an Appalachian Storage Hub

July 23, 2019/by Ted Auch, PhD

FracTracker is closely mapping and following the petrochemical build-out in Appalachia, as the oil and gas industry invests in petrochemical manufacturing. Much of the national attention on the build-out revolves around the Appalachian Storage Hub (ASH), a venture spearheaded by Appalachian Development Group. The ASH involves a network of infrastructure to store and transport natural […]

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Mapping the Petrochemical Build-Out Along the Ohio River

July 10, 2019/by Erica Jackson

New maps show the build-out of oil and gas infrastructure that converts the upper Ohio River Valley’s fracked gas into petrochemical products In 2004, Range Resources purchased land in Washington County, Pennsylvania and “fracked” the first well in the Marcellus Shale, opening the flood gates to a wave of natural gas development. Since then, oil […]