FracTracker Alliance is hiring! 🌱📊
We’re excited to share three new opportunities to engage in meaningful research, data analysis, and environmental justice work!
We’re excited to share three new opportunities to engage in meaningful research, data analysis, and environmental justice work!
December 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
FracTracker Alliance is hiring! 🌱📊
We’re excited to share three new opportunities to engage in meaningful research, data analysis, and environmental justice work!
We’re excited to share three new opportunities to engage in meaningful research, data analysis, and environmental justice work!
Environmental advocates like Matt Kelso of FracTracker note how similar landfills in Western PA have fouled creeks and raised health concerns: “When you dispose of drill cuttings in a landfill and it rains, it’s going to take all of the contaminants and soak through the whole landfill like a tea.”
December 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Environmental advocates like Matt Kelso of FracTracker note how similar landfills in Western PA have fouled creeks and raised health concerns: “When you dispose of drill cuttings in a landfill and it rains, it’s going to take all of the contaminants and soak through the whole landfill like a tea.”
There are more than 168,000 orphaned wells within 30 miles of a national park, according to National Parks Conservation Association and FracTracker Alliance. Many more wells are not yet documented. FracTracker @FracTracker @fractracker.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025...
The Only National Parks Employee Who Tracks Leaky Oil Wells Is Out of a Job
Forrest Smith was forced to step down last month as the National Park Service’s chief petroleum engineer. He wasn’t replaced.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:41 PM
There are more than 168,000 orphaned wells within 30 miles of a national park, according to National Parks Conservation Association and FracTracker Alliance. Many more wells are not yet documented. FracTracker @FracTracker @fractracker.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025...
Big news! 🎉 FracTracker was featured in The New York Times for our work mapping 168K+ abandoned oil & gas wells near U.S. national parks.
Together with @protectparks.bsky.social, we’re bringing attention to the health & climate risks of these neglected sites.
Together with @protectparks.bsky.social, we’re bringing attention to the health & climate risks of these neglected sites.
October 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Big news! 🎉 FracTracker was featured in The New York Times for our work mapping 168K+ abandoned oil & gas wells near U.S. national parks.
Together with @protectparks.bsky.social, we’re bringing attention to the health & climate risks of these neglected sites.
Together with @protectparks.bsky.social, we’re bringing attention to the health & climate risks of these neglected sites.
Know someone who wants to help shape how FracTracker shares data and stories that advance public health and environmental justice? Learn more and apply today at www.fractracker.org/careers 🌐
October 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Know someone who wants to help shape how FracTracker shares data and stories that advance public health and environmental justice? Learn more and apply today at www.fractracker.org/careers 🌐
🚨 FracTracker Alliance opposes the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, citing risks to water, public health, climate, and inadequate review of cumulative impacts.
🔗 Read more: www.fractracker.org/2025/09/comm...
🔗 Read more: www.fractracker.org/2025/09/comm...
Comment Opposing the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project (SSEP) – Clean Water Act Section 404 Permit Application (SAW-2024-01961) - FracTracker Alliance
FracTracker Alliance opposes the Southeast Supply Enhancement pipeline, citing risks to water, health, climate, and procedural fairness.
www.fractracker.org
September 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🚨 FracTracker Alliance opposes the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, citing risks to water, public health, climate, and inadequate review of cumulative impacts.
🔗 Read more: www.fractracker.org/2025/09/comm...
🔗 Read more: www.fractracker.org/2025/09/comm...
🚨 FracTracker Alliance is calling on PHMSA to keep LNG off rail lines.
PHMSA is considering a regulatory change to allow LNG-by-rail—despite irreducible safety risks to communities & the environment. This is a disaster waiting to happen.
PHMSA is considering a regulatory change to allow LNG-by-rail—despite irreducible safety risks to communities & the environment. This is a disaster waiting to happen.
Docket No. PHMSA-2025-0050: Comment Opposing LNG by Rail Transport - FracTracker Alliance
FracTracker Alliance opposes PHMSA’s proposal to allow LNG-by-rail, citing extreme safety risks, inequitable impacts, and lack of public need.
www.fractracker.org
September 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🚨 FracTracker Alliance is calling on PHMSA to keep LNG off rail lines.
PHMSA is considering a regulatory change to allow LNG-by-rail—despite irreducible safety risks to communities & the environment. This is a disaster waiting to happen.
PHMSA is considering a regulatory change to allow LNG-by-rail—despite irreducible safety risks to communities & the environment. This is a disaster waiting to happen.
📢 Big news! FracTracker has launched two new public data portals giving you free access to millions of oil, gas, and petrochemical records. Map infrastructure, analyze community impacts, and take action. 🌎
🔗 Explore the portals → fractracker.org/data
🔗 Explore the portals → fractracker.org/data
August 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
📢 Big news! FracTracker has launched two new public data portals giving you free access to millions of oil, gas, and petrochemical records. Map infrastructure, analyze community impacts, and take action. 🌎
🔗 Explore the portals → fractracker.org/data
🔗 Explore the portals → fractracker.org/data
Huge thanks to FracTracker Alliance @fractracker.bsky.social whose crowd-sourced database and interactive maps of US data centers was indispensable for my own work!
www.fractracker.org/2025/07/nati...
www.fractracker.org/2025/07/nati...
Tracking Data Centers: Energy Demand, Pollution, and Public Impact - FracTracker Alliance
Explore FracTracker’s National Data Centers Tracker—an interactive map revealing where AI data centers are expanding and their impacts.
www.fractracker.org
August 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Huge thanks to FracTracker Alliance @fractracker.bsky.social whose crowd-sourced database and interactive maps of US data centers was indispensable for my own work!
www.fractracker.org/2025/07/nati...
www.fractracker.org/2025/07/nati...
✨ FracTracker is releasing two new data portals that make vital oil, gas & petrochemical information more accessible than ever.
📅 Join our webinar: Friday, Aug 22, 12–1 PM EDT
📅 Join our webinar: Friday, Aug 22, 12–1 PM EDT
Finding Data with FracTracker Portals: Accessing Oil & Gas and Petrochemical Information | Halt the Harm Network
Accessing critical environmental data shouldn't require navigating through dozens of government websites and deciphering inconsistent formats. FracTracker has developed powerful tools that bring scatt...
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August 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
✨ FracTracker is releasing two new data portals that make vital oil, gas & petrochemical information more accessible than ever.
📅 Join our webinar: Friday, Aug 22, 12–1 PM EDT
📅 Join our webinar: Friday, Aug 22, 12–1 PM EDT
To learn more about the risks associated with abandoned oil & gas wells—like groundwater contamination, methane leaks, and even explosion hazards—check out FracTracker Alliance’s articles:
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August 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
To learn more about the risks associated with abandoned oil & gas wells—like groundwater contamination, methane leaks, and even explosion hazards—check out FracTracker Alliance’s articles:
www.fractracker.org?s=abandoned+...
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Of the approximately 240,000 oil & gas wells in California only 17% are producing, while nearly 70,000 are idle. Gov. Newsom has issued 14,623 oil/gas permits per FracTracker Alliance and Consumer Watchdog.
We demand #Climate leadership NOW
@ButchWare #GreenParty
We demand #Climate leadership NOW
@ButchWare #GreenParty
August 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Of the approximately 240,000 oil & gas wells in California only 17% are producing, while nearly 70,000 are idle. Gov. Newsom has issued 14,623 oil/gas permits per FracTracker Alliance and Consumer Watchdog.
We demand #Climate leadership NOW
@ButchWare #GreenParty
We demand #Climate leadership NOW
@ButchWare #GreenParty
FracTracker Alliance Releases National A.I. Data Centers Tracker; Public Invited To Submit Information [PaEN] tinyurl.com/st3x5p72
August 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
FracTracker Alliance Releases National A.I. Data Centers Tracker; Public Invited To Submit Information [PaEN] tinyurl.com/st3x5p72
FracTracker @fractracker.bsky.social has just released a comprehensive, interactive, open-source tracker of US data centers.
“Our findings show many facilities are skirting key environmental reviews—like air and water permits.”
www.fractracker.org/2025/07/nati...
“Our findings show many facilities are skirting key environmental reviews—like air and water permits.”
www.fractracker.org/2025/07/nati...
Tracking Data Centers: Energy Demand, Pollution, and Public Impact - FracTracker Alliance
Explore FracTracker’s National Data Centers Tracker—an interactive map revealing where AI data centers are expanding and their impacts.
www.fractracker.org
August 4, 2025 at 11:43 PM
FracTracker @fractracker.bsky.social has just released a comprehensive, interactive, open-source tracker of US data centers.
“Our findings show many facilities are skirting key environmental reviews—like air and water permits.”
www.fractracker.org/2025/07/nati...
“Our findings show many facilities are skirting key environmental reviews—like air and water permits.”
www.fractracker.org/2025/07/nati...
This underscores the urgent need for stronger transparency, oversight, and public engagement around the environmental and equity impacts of data center expansion.
📢 FracTracker joins 42 organizations urging PA DEP to take action!
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📢 FracTracker joins 42 organizations urging PA DEP to take action!
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42 Organizations Call On DEP For More Transparency On Proposed A.I. Data Centers
On July 29, organizations across Pennsylvania called on the Department of Environmental Protection to provide more transparency and public n...
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August 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This underscores the urgent need for stronger transparency, oversight, and public engagement around the environmental and equity impacts of data center expansion.
📢 FracTracker joins 42 organizations urging PA DEP to take action!
Read more ⬇️
📢 FracTracker joins 42 organizations urging PA DEP to take action!
Read more ⬇️
National Data Centers Tracker 📡 FracTracker just released the most comprehensive open-source tracker of data centers across the US to date (7/30/25)! Our findings show many facilities are skirting key environmental reviews—like air and water permits.
Tracking Data Centers: Energy Demand, Pollution, and Public Impact - FracTracker Alliance
Explore FracTracker’s National Data Centers Tracker—an interactive map revealing where AI data centers are expanding and their impacts.
www.fractracker.org
August 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
National Data Centers Tracker 📡 FracTracker just released the most comprehensive open-source tracker of data centers across the US to date (7/30/25)! Our findings show many facilities are skirting key environmental reviews—like air and water permits.
Save Ohio Parks offers community presentations on the facts about fracking | News, Sports, Jobs
https://www.europesays.com/2295288/
Photo provided by FracTracker Alliance A well pad in Belmont County illustrates how oil and…
https://www.europesays.com/2295288/
Photo provided by FracTracker Alliance A well pad in Belmont County illustrates how oil and…
Save Ohio Parks offers community presentations on the facts about fracking | News, Sports, Jobs - EUROPE SAYS
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August 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Save Ohio Parks offers community presentations on the facts about fracking | News, Sports, Jobs
https://www.europesays.com/2295288/
Photo provided by FracTracker Alliance A well pad in Belmont County illustrates how oil and…
https://www.europesays.com/2295288/
Photo provided by FracTracker Alliance A well pad in Belmont County illustrates how oil and…
Save Ohio Parks offers community presentations on the facts about fracking | News, Sports, Jobs
https://www.europesays.com/2295288/
Photo provided by FracTracker Alliance A well pad in Belmont County illustrates how oil and…
https://www.europesays.com/2295288/
Photo provided by FracTracker Alliance A well pad in Belmont County illustrates how oil and…
Save Ohio Parks offers community presentations on the facts about fracking | News, Sports, Jobs - EUROPE SAYS
www.europesays.com
August 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Save Ohio Parks offers community presentations on the facts about fracking | News, Sports, Jobs
https://www.europesays.com/2295288/
Photo provided by FracTracker Alliance A well pad in Belmont County illustrates how oil and…
https://www.europesays.com/2295288/
Photo provided by FracTracker Alliance A well pad in Belmont County illustrates how oil and…
I think I know the numbers better than fractracker. Great that they can read the headlines or other people's blogs. But they clearly misunderstand or are misrepresenting the IMF numbers.
July 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I think I know the numbers better than fractracker. Great that they can read the headlines or other people's blogs. But they clearly misunderstand or are misrepresenting the IMF numbers.
🚨 As federal agencies consider loosening rules on hazardous rail shipments like LNG, Rep. Chris Deluzio pushes back with the Railway Safety Act.
“There's a lot of people living close to trains,” said Matt Kelso of FracTracker, “and all are at risk.”
www.wesa.fm/development-...
“There's a lot of people living close to trains,” said Matt Kelso of FracTracker, “and all are at risk.”
www.wesa.fm/development-...
Deluzio continues push for rail safety as federal safety agency calls for deregulation
The federal government is moving to deregulate the rail industry, although some people in Southwestern Pennsylvania are pushing for increased safety. Pennsylvania has 65 operating railroads, the most of any state.
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July 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🚨 As federal agencies consider loosening rules on hazardous rail shipments like LNG, Rep. Chris Deluzio pushes back with the Railway Safety Act.
“There's a lot of people living close to trains,” said Matt Kelso of FracTracker, “and all are at risk.”
www.wesa.fm/development-...
“There's a lot of people living close to trains,” said Matt Kelso of FracTracker, “and all are at risk.”
www.wesa.fm/development-...
Two months ago, @PSRColorado, @sierraclubco, and @fractracker dropped a bombshell report showing most companies violated rules requiring chemical disclosures for downhole operations since July 2023. Operators are finally submitting their chemical disclosures, albeit 100s of days late.
July 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Two months ago, @PSRColorado, @sierraclubco, and @fractracker dropped a bombshell report showing most companies violated rules requiring chemical disclosures for downhole operations since July 2023. Operators are finally submitting their chemical disclosures, albeit 100s of days late.
Gas and oil subsidies
Fossil Fuel Subsidies: The $760 Billion Lie About 'Free Market' Energy | FracTracker Alliance share.google/V0hmA64E3Uo2...
Fossil Fuel Subsidies: The $760 Billion Lie About 'Free Market' Energy | FracTracker Alliance share.google/V0hmA64E3Uo2...
July 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Gas and oil subsidies
Fossil Fuel Subsidies: The $760 Billion Lie About 'Free Market' Energy | FracTracker Alliance share.google/V0hmA64E3Uo2...
Fossil Fuel Subsidies: The $760 Billion Lie About 'Free Market' Energy | FracTracker Alliance share.google/V0hmA64E3Uo2...
Since 2013, data researcher Ted Auch has been using photography, maps and data analysis to document the region’s gas and petrochemical industries at FracTracker Alliance.
As a longtime fracking activist moves on, his concerns about the industry persist
Since 2013, data researcher Ted Auch has been using photography, maps and data analysis to document the region’s gas and petrochemical industries at FracTracker Alliance.
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July 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Since 2013, data researcher Ted Auch has been using photography, maps and data analysis to document the region’s gas and petrochemical industries at FracTracker Alliance.
Plum Borough’s Zoning Board unanimously rejected Penneco’s proposed second fracking waste injection well on June 11—after years of hearings, appeals & grassroots resistance. A major win for residents, @protectpt.bsky.social, FracTracker & local leaders.
www.fractracker.org/2025/06/plum...
www.fractracker.org/2025/06/plum...
Plum Borough Rejects Fracking Waste Injection Well After Public Pushback - FracTracker Alliance
Plum Borough’s Zoning Hearing Board unanimously rejected Penneco Environmental Solutions’ proposal for a second fracking waste injection well.
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July 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Plum Borough’s Zoning Board unanimously rejected Penneco’s proposed second fracking waste injection well on June 11—after years of hearings, appeals & grassroots resistance. A major win for residents, @protectpt.bsky.social, FracTracker & local leaders.
www.fractracker.org/2025/06/plum...
www.fractracker.org/2025/06/plum...
Fractracker doesn't understand the IMF estimates from which it gets that number. The IMF's estimates of federal subsidies to "the fossil fuel imdustry" are just $3 billion in 2022 (an undercount: Congress says they are $17 billion). The rest — $754 billion in 2022 — represents the IMF's estimate ...
July 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Fractracker doesn't understand the IMF estimates from which it gets that number. The IMF's estimates of federal subsidies to "the fossil fuel imdustry" are just $3 billion in 2022 (an undercount: Congress says they are $17 billion). The rest — $754 billion in 2022 — represents the IMF's estimate ...