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Keeping Track of Hydraulic Fracturing in California 24 Aug 2013 | 05:37 am
By Kyle Ferrar, CA Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance Environmental regulations in California are considered conservative by most state standards. To name a few practices, the state has develop...
PA Releases Unconventional Production and Waste Data 20 Aug 2013 | 11:47 pm
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) releases unconventional oil and gas production and waste data twice a year. It is important to note that both datasets are self-reported ...
FracTracker Alliance’s *NEW* California Shale Viewer 19 Aug 2013 | 03:17 am
By Kyle Ferrar, CA Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance The FracTracker Alliance has just recently opened a new office based out of Berkeley, California. As a first step in addressing the...
OH Class II Injection Wells – 2012 Year-in-Review 16 Aug 2013 | 12:38 am
By Ted Auch, PhD – OH Program Coordinator Ohio is currently home to 242 of what Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) calls “Active” Class II Injection wells capable of...
FracTracker Touring a Bit of Europe 15 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
By Samantha Malone, MPH, CPH – Manager of Science and Communications, FracTracker Alliance I stare into my computer during an early morning Skype call with my hosts in Germany. As...
The Union of Concerned Scientists host a “Science, Democracy, and Community Decisions on Fracking” forum at UCLA. 28 Jul 2013 | 07:33 am
The “Science, Democracy, and Community Decisions on Fracking” forum was the second convention hosted by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) focused on the issues of unconventional resource extract...
FracTracker Expands Westward 26 Jul 2013 | 09:40 pm
By Brook Lenker, Executive Director, FracTracker Alliance The FracTracker Alliance is coming to California. The generous support of the Palo Alto-based 11th Hour Project, a working program of the Schm...
Gas Flaring and Venting: Data Availability and New Methods for Oversight 18 Jul 2013 | 11:31 pm
By Samir Lakhani, GIS Intern, FracTracker Alliance In the hazy world of gas flaring and venting, finding worthwhile data often leads one to a dead end. Although the Energy Information...
Registered Water Withdrawals in New York State 14 Jul 2013 | 05:55 pm
By Karen Edelstein, NY Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance As of April 1, 2013, new regulations 6 NYCRR Parts 601 and 621 in New York State have been in effect that...
Determination Letters Added to PADEP Groundwater Complaints Map 11 Jul 2013 | 08:02 pm
A couple of months ago, Laura Legere of the Scranton Times-Tribune published an article showing her research into determination letters sent by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection ...
