Widespread, Lingering Impacts of Norfolk Southern Warrant an Emergency Response
Hundreds of reports from the frontlines prove that the impacts of the disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, warrant an emergency response.
Tag Archive for: Pennsylvania
Photo by Kirsi JansaWorth Protecting: A photo album by Better Path Coalition and FracTracker Alliance
Explore an album of photos shared by Pennsylvania residents of the treasured communities, animals, plants, and ecosystems that they feel are worth protecting from the impacts of the climate crisis.
Environmental Health Fellowship Opening – Summer 2023
This paid, remote fellowship will provide a graduate student with the opportunity to deepen their academic understanding of environmental issues affecting the heavily-fracked region of Southwestern Pennsylvania.
A Contentious Landscape of Pipeline Build-outs in the Eastern US
In this article, we’ll feature four contentious pipeline build-outs in the Eastern United States, show ways in which those pipelines impact natural and human communities, and provide examples of how environmental advocates have challenged these projects, with varying degrees of success.
Major Gas Leak Reveals Risks of Aging Gas Storage Wells in Pennsylvania
Following an enormous gas leak in Jackson Township, Cambria County Pennsylvania, we mapped oil and gas storage wells and fields throughout the state and found that the majority of Pennsylvania’s storage wells were drilled prior to 1979, making them most vulnerable to well failures.
Coursing Through Gasland: A Digital Atlas Exploring Natural Gas Development in the Towanda Creek Watershed
This digital atlas exploring natural gas development in the Towanda Creek watershed is the fourth in a series of FracTracker Alliance watershed impact analyses in the Susquehanna River Basin.
Falcon Pipeline Online, Begins Operations Following Violations of Clean Streams Law
The Shell ethane cracker in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and Falcon Pipeline begin operations following civil penalties from Pennsylvania regulators for violations of the Clean Streams Law.
FracTracker Receives Two Federal Grants to Support Community Air Monitoring Initiatives in the Ohio River Valley
We are pleased to announce that FracTracker Alliance has been selected for two EPA grants totaling $925,302 to support community air monitoring initiatives in the Ohio River Valley.
Fracking and the Pennsylvania Midterm Election
Fracking is one of many issues on our minds as voters cast their ballots for the Pennsylvania midterm election. Read more about what’s at stake in November 2022.
Pitt School Of Public Health, PA Dept Of Health Abruptly Pull Out Of Public Meeting They Helped Convene
Our statement regarding the University of Pittsburgh and the Pennsylvania Department of Health abruptly dropping out of a public meeting on their own environmental health studies.
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