FracTracker’s Midwest Program Coordinator, Gwen Klenke, was invited to speak at Howell Township’s informational meeting about a proposed data center project. The meeting drew more than 200 residents, who came to learn about what a large-scale data center could mean for electricity demand and local infrastructure. Gwen presented alongside Dr. Ben Green, Prescott Balch, and Andrea Pierce, sharing analysis on grid capacity, transmission needs, and the impacts of backup generators. Since that meeting, the developer has withdrawn the project and the accompanying zoning text amendment! The township board has also enacted a six-month moratorium to allow for additional review. We were so grateful to support the community organizers who led this effort and provide clear, data-driven information to residents! #EnergyPolicy #DataCenters #GridInfrastructure #Michigan https://lnkd.in/dGFq7thz
FracTracker Alliance
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Johnstown, PA 530 followers
insights empowering action
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FracTracker Alliance maps, analyzes, and communicates the risks of oil, gas, and petrochemical development to advance just energy alternatives that protect public health, natural resources, and the climate.
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- Research Services
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- 2-10 employees
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- Johnstown, PA
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- Nonprofit
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- 2012
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- GIS, mapping, shale, data, natural gas, oil, education, renewables, energy, and environment
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Pittsburgh, PA 15209, US
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Ithaca, NY 14851, US
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2460 Fairmount Boulevard, Ste 204
Cleveland Heights, OH 44106, US
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FracTracker Alliance is hiring! 🌱📊 We’re excited to share three new opportunities to engage in meaningful research, data analysis, and environmental justice work — including: • a part-time Spring Internship • a 6-month Data Center Research Fellowship • a full-time Coordinator role supporting the Environmental Justice Data & Mapping Society Join us in advancing public health, community advocacy, and equitable environmental data practices. Learn more & apply: https://lnkd.in/gHMB54eE
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At the #AI Jobs Fair in Harrisburg, the gap between political slogans and community reality was impossible to miss. Robots filled the room while organizers delivered a statement, signed by more than 70 groups and nearly 2,900 residents, making it clear that #Pennsylvania is not AI ready and that #datacenter expansion poses real environmental and community risks. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gwGcb9sy
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GREAT NEWS 🎉 Pennsylvania’s Environmental Quality Board voted to accept a petition for study that could increase minimum setbacks between fracking wells and homes, schools, and drinking water sources—protections that affect 3.6 million Pennsylvanians living near fracked wells. By accepting the petition, EQB has directed DEP to formally evaluate the science and determine whether the state should strengthen its outdated no-drill zones. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eGHea9qp Read the press release: https://lnkd.in/eCSPKRz6
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Shell just racked up two new air quality violations, including excess VOCs, HAPs, and #benzene. Is this sudden wave of “community outreach” just PR to distract from what’s really happening? Read the Notices of Violation here: https://lnkd.in/gG76xqFS
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Huge news from the UK today: after a massive fight at COP over language on fossil fuel phase-out, the UK has announced that it will in fact be keeping many millions of barrels of oil & gas in the ground. Deeds rather than words for a change! Today the UK gov published its North Sea Future Plan. It includes its approach to exploration licensing and its plan for O&G workers & communities. The headline is that there will be no new oil & gas exploration licences issued. After 50 years of drilling, this is a huge step. The govt states "alongside meeting our moral obligation to support today’s workers, we must also meet our moral obligation towards future generations by helping to tackle the climate crisis". The plan does include a new instrument called a Transitional Energy Certificate, which will allow known resources to be developed if they're linked to an existing field & needed for a managed transition. Our calculation is that these tie-backs would, at most lead to 45 million barrels of oil-equivalent in total. And that's if they're all developed. Given the Rosebank oil field is 500 mill barrels, it's a comparatively small amount of resource. Plus the govt has confirmed that it won't issue licences for onshore O&G anymore either. The other big news is that the govt has jettisoned the principal objective of "maximising economic recovery of offshore oil & gas" for the O&G regulator, replacing it with objectives aligned with the gov'ts broader socio-economic & climate objectives. No doubt there will be much discussion about how those new objectives are interpreted in practice, but replacing MER as an objective is an eminently sensible, welcome move. Although we've repeatedly said new licensing will do little for jobs or energy security, this is a line that desperately needs to be drawn for a safe climate. It's a historic, hugely welcome development for a significant oil & gas producing country, a G7 economy & a country with significant historical responsibility for the climate crisis to take this step. Now onto the just transition part: The govt deserves credit for recognising there's a need for a plan & taking steps in the year like its Clean Energy Jobs Plan, which was welcomed by unions. There's also been a recognition that for offshore wind to create jobs at scale, we need to ramp up manufacturing, upgrade port infrastructure, support workers to redeploy in new sectors & ensure supply chains can pivot. The new plan doesn't get us there & needs to go much further. It does establish a North Sea Future Board w union reps to oversee delivery, including more support for the supply chain. It’s crucial that the Board, which should also include Scottish gov, strengthens the plan. All up, this is a major break from the previous market-led approach to the North Sea, which has led to companies laying off workers while making huge profits & kept drilling going in a climate crisis. There's much more to do but this at least feels like a new start.
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NEW REPORT: Boosted by Trump Administration, LNG Industry Violates Pollution Limits At a time when the Trump Administration is trying to expedite approvals for a wave of new LNG export terminals, a review of public records shows the industry has a poor track record of complying with its existing air and water pollution control permits. A report by the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), “Terminal Trouble: Pollution Violations at America’s LNG Export Terminals,” shows that all seven of the LNG export terminals that were fully operational at the end of 2024 violated the Clean Air Act over the last five years. EIP’s report also found that five of the seven LNG terminals exceeded their water pollution control permits over this period, dumping into waterways illegal amounts of suspended solids, bacteria, zinc, copper, oil and grease, among other pollutants, according to public records. “Given the LNG industry’s poor compliance record, state and federal agencies should be slowing down and more carefully scrutinizing new permit applications instead of speeding up permit reviews,” said Jen Duggan, Executive Director of the Environmental Integrity Project. “There is no ‘energy emergency,’ and fast-tracking approvals for LNG terminals puts the health of local communities, ecosystems, and the climate at risk.” Read the report: https://lnkd.in/e8Q7rAwK #news #breakingnews #report #lngterminals #environmentaljustice
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FracTracker is featured in The New York Times! 🎉 Our data reveals that more than 168,000 abandoned oil and gas wells lie within 30 miles of U.S. national parks. These neglected wells leak methane, threaten drinking water, and pose serious risks to public health and the climate. At FracTracker, we’re committed to making data like this public so communities, regulators, and advocates can act on it. 👉 Read the article https://lnkd.in/eEdcvuQ3
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Know someone who wants to help shape how FracTracker shares data and stories that advance public health and environmental justice? This full-time, remote position oversees FracTracker’s digital presence, reviews and edits all organizational content, and works closely with staff to make complex information accessible and engaging. The right candidate will have strong writing and editing skills, experience managing a CMS, and an eye for detail and quality. Apply today at https://lnkd.in/g2hWMnT2
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📈 📍🗺️ Putting Data Centers on the Map 🗺️ 📍 📈 This summer, Policy & Communications Fellow Sean Wang Zi-Ming sat down with Karen Edelstein, the Eastern Program Coordinator at the FracTracker Alliance. As a GIS specialist, she’s mapped oil and gas infrastructure, community responses, and clean energy transitions along the East Coast. Recently, driven by the potential impact of data centers on frontline communities and their regulatory loopholes, her attention has turned to mapping data center projects nationwide. In this interview, she talks about the value, impact, and challenges of mapping as a tool for public advocacy and how she’s applied it to hot-button issues—from cryptocurrency mining to data centers. Read through the transcript for an in-depth account of these projects and to understand how the coalitions has empowered communities and legislators alike to tackle this ever-growing issue. Read the interview here: https://lnkd.in/gx84dADe #Oil #Gas #GIS #Mapping #PublicAdvocacy #CryptoCurrency #CryptoMining #OpenData #DataCenter #ArtificialIntelligence #CleanEnergy #CleanEnergyTransition
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