Health & Safety
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.
FracTracker Articles

Allegheny County Air Quality Monitoring Project
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A recent study out of Carnegie Mellon University estimated that…

Want Not, Waste Not? Fossil Fuel Extraction’s Waste Disposal Challenges
Pennsylvania's fracking industry is producing record amounts…

Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services
Guest Blog by Josh Eisenfeld, Director of Marketing with Fair…



Impact of a 2,500′ Oil and Gas Well Setback in California
Why does California need setbacks?
A new bill proposed by California…