PA communities face health & environmental harms from fracking near homes, schools & waterways. Watch Protective Buffers PA’s webinar to hear residents’ stories & learn about our push for stronger statewide setback laws & how you can help. network.halttheharm.net/c/recording-...

Join us in online or in person at Patagonia Pittsburgh and Dublin stores. Excited to speak alongside @protectpt.bsky.social and Stop Shannon LNG ✊🏼 RSVP at hybridfossilgasevent.splashthat.com

💡As James Hiatt writes in The Washington Post, suing polluters isn’t an “attack on industry.” It’s the only path left for justice when companies put profits over people. 👉 www.washingtonpost.com/.../trump-dc...

California Resources is acquiring Berry Corp in a $717M all-stock deal, increasing oil production in California & Utah’s Uinta Basin. The merger deepens fossil fuel control in areas already suffering significant environmental & public health impacts from drilling.

🚨 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...

Four kids who lived near EQT’s fracking sites in northern WV are suing, claiming the company knowingly exposed them to toxic, cancer-causing, radioactive chemicals—making them sick and forcing them from their homes.

‼️Homer City could soon host the largest gas-powered data center campus in the U.S. Join the PA DEP public hearing on Sept 17, 6–9 PM, 711 Pratt Dr, Indiana, PA to speak out about a proposed 4.5-GW gas plant and its potential air quality, health, and environmental impacts!

🚨 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.

A new study estimates the health cost of the oil and gas industry including lifecycle annual burdens of 91,000 premature deaths to PM2.5, nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and ozone as well as 216,000 incidences of NO2-attributable childhood-onset asthma. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🚨 Nearly a year after the BioLab chemical fire in Conyers, GA, residents still seek answers. Independent tester Scott Smith found toxic chemicals—dioxins & PAHs—but new records suggest the EPA monitored his work and downplayed the results. www.gpb.org/news/2025/08...

Explore FracTracker’s new data portals! Access nearly 5 million oil and gas well records and 30+ datasets on refineries, pipelines, power plants, and more—free and open to everyone. Visit www.fractracker.org/data for more + watch the webinar recording to learn more: youtu.be/uwmVxflzlKA?...

🚨 Challenge the AI Power Supply! The AI Horizons Summit is in Bakery Square this week, promoting Pittsburgh as the next AI & data center hub—powered by gas. Join the rally to demand a future that works for people AND the planet! 📅 Sept 10–11 | Bakery Square + Mellon Park RSVP👉

Freeport Twp, PA declared a Disaster Emergency after a 2022 “frack-out” from EQT’s gas wells contaminated local water supplies. For 3 years, ~100 residents have relied on temporary water tanks with no permanent solution in place.

Consumer Watchdog is warning against a last-minute legislative move in Sacramento that could raise energy costs for Californians while benefiting major Prop 50 donors like AES.

Only 1% of CA drilling permits were used in 3 years, many unused due to health & environmental safeguards. Companies leaving for looser-regulation states should see this as a warning, not an opportunity: fossil fuel extraction is killing us.

📢 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

The health burden of chemicals used to make clothes may harm children the most! In response to chemicals and plastics in kids’ clothing, we’re calling on The Children’s Place, Carter’s, and H&M to stop making so many clothes out of polyester plastic! Take action today: takeaction.io/ehsc/tell-th...

📷 Unveiling FracTracker’s New Data Portals Oil & Gas Wells Portal → 5M+ standardized well records across the U.S. Petrochemical Portal → 20+ datasets on facilities. Join our webinar on Friday, Aug 22 | 12–1 PM EDT to learn more: bit.ly/DataPortalsW...

California is closing two major refineries, cutting 17% of its oil capacity. 🚨 Without a just transition, lawmakers risk siding with Big Oil—fast-tracking permits and pausing profit caps—while workers, communities, and climate progress get left behind.

✨ 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

Frackalachia: Top oil-and gas-producing counties in Ohio, PA and WV have net job & population loss from 2008, just before the shale-gas boom began. @kmkowalski.bsky.social @canarymedia.com : bit.ly/3JyhHWK @repgreglandsman.bsky.social @davidpepperoh.bsky.social @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social

🚨 Shell Polymers Monaca has reported 17.9B lbs of air emissions since 2020, incl. 400M lbs from malfunctions. PA DEP has issued 43 violations for toxic releases impacting EJ communities like Aliquippa, Beaver Falls & Monaca.

💥Abandoned oil & gas wells are lurking beneath Ross & Shaler, & residents are taking action. At a recent meeting, community members learned how these hidden wells threaten air, water, & safety, & what’s being done to find & plug them before harm is done. @momscleanairforce.org

Good news from @iea.org. All hands on deck to help fossil fuels fail even faster. @thirdactoh.bsky.social @neosierraclub.bsky.social @fractracker.bsky.social @cleanairmoms-oh.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social @butlercountydemsoh.bsky.social @leaharper.bsky.social @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social

Two years ago, the Rustic Ridge explosion in Plum Borough killed 6 people. New lawsuits allege the gas line was overpressurized for days, ruptured, and leaked without repair. We’ve added the update + background to our Plum Borough StoryMap.

📢 Following our joint report with PSR Colorado, PSR National & Colorado Sierra Club exposing poor chemical disclosure by oil and gas operators, Colorado regulators have stepped up enforcement—leading to a major increase in compliance with disclosure laws.

Black Californians—just 5.5% of the state—are disproportionately exposed to toxic oil & gas drilling, thanks to a legacy of redlining and environmental racism.

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...

Black Californians—just 5.5% of the state—are disproportionately exposed to toxic oil & gas drilling, thanks to a legacy of redlining and environmental racism.

📢 Gas company CEO says he wouldn’t live next to planned LNG facility due to safety risks. Paul Griffiths, CEO of Predator Oil & Gas, said he wouldn’t want to live beside the planned floating LNG facility near the Irish coast due to safety risks.

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.

42 organizations across PA are calling on the Pennsylvania DEP to increase transparency around proposed AI data centers and related energy infrastructure. Right now, there’s little public info—and fewer chances for communities to weigh in.

🚨 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-...

🚨 Venture Global just announced it secured >$15M to proceed with construction of the CP2 liquefied natural gas export project. "CP2 is a threat to the health + safety of my community + an assault on everything I hold dear," says Louisiana community leader @roishetta.bsky.social. bit.ly/4kYWC57

Colorado state regulators have cited oil and gas companies Chevron, Occidental, and Civitas for violations of state rules because the companies' contractors submitted 683 falsified lab reports—misrepresenting levels of arsenic, barium, and benzene at 404 oil and gas sites in Weld County.

🚨California has made major progress cutting oil and gas drilling, but that progress is now at risk. A new bill could codify a Kern Co. ordinance and open the door to 4,700 new drilling permits per year—without environmental review.

The "Big, Beautiful Bill" postpones a Biden fee on excessive methane leaks and flares from 2024 to 2034. bit.ly/4nR3l3F Why are GOP Congress and the Trump administration giving frackers a free ride? @berniemoreno.bsky.social @fractracker.bsky.social @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social

Trump wants 93% cut for Appalachian Regional Commission, one of few groups helping 32 Ohio counties suffering from generations of underinvestment & fossil fuel extraction. @susantebben.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com: bit.ly/4m0lDgV @fractracker.bsky.social @dispatch.com @julie-g.bsky.social

What happens if community drinking water is contaminated by an ODNR-licensed injection well that leaks? Fracking Ohio public lands for natural gas ruins our health, biodiversity & planet. @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social @fractracker.bsky.social @leaharper.bsky.social @drpeggy70.bsky.social

Federal lawmakers are working to dismantle the fracking ban in the Delaware River Watershed—but communities are fighting back! Read more ⬇️

📣Calling grassroots orgs in eastern OH, PA & WV! The ORV Participatory Fund is now accepting applications for its Summer 2025 General Operating Support Grants. ⏳ Apply by: July 28 @ 11:59 PM EDT

Leitrim anti-fracking campaigners vow to blockade proposed LNG terminal in Munster! With a decision expected next month, activists & allies have pledged direct action if the LNG terminal is approved—calling it a choice between climate action or more fossil fuels.

In case you missed it, truckers are speaking out about unsafe oil & gas waste transport & FracTracker’s data backs them up. The evidence shows radioactive and toxic materials are regularly hauled without proper hazard classification or oversight. insideclimatenews.org/news/2906202...

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...

Two months after our report, chemical risks from fracking persist. Join experts to discuss next steps for protecting our health and communities. 📍lu.ma/ktatkpfw 🗓 Tuesday, July 15 🕑 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Another LNG monster planned for the Texas coast. Coastal Bend LNG wants to lock in decades more gas exports—greenwashed with carbon capture. Same pollution. Same risks. Same frontline sacrifice.

🚨 After 15 years, EnvironmentTexas & @sierraclub.org Club prevail: SCOTUS rejects Exxon’s bid to dodge a $14.25M penalty for air pollution at its Baytown petrochemical complex.

🚨 In case you missed it: The U.S. Chemical Safety Board is investigating two toxic gas releases at Austin Powder explosives plants in Ohio and Tennessee. Both incidents involved nitric acid plumes and prompted emergency responses.

📣 SHUT DOWN LINE 5. NO TUNNEL. Support the Pipe Out Paddle Up – Sat, Aug 30, 2025! Join for a free family picnic in St. Ignace, MI, and help us protect the Great Lakes from the threat of Enbridge’s Line 5.

Federal investigators are looking into two toxic chemical releases from Austin Powder facilities in OH and TN. A June incident in Vinton County, OH caused a 3-mile evacuation after a nitric oxide plume was released. Advocates are calling for stronger oversight. spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/...