Energy Reporter

Reid R. Frazier covers energy for The Allegheny Front. His work has taken him as far away as Texas and Louisiana to report on the petrochemical industry and as close to home as Greene County, Pennsylvania to cover the shale gas boom. His award-winning work has also aired on NPR, Marketplace and other outlets. Reid recently received a fellowship from MIT's Environmental Solutions Initiative.

Reid Frazier

Is Fracking an Environmental Justice Issue?

Reid Frazier·June 30, 2017

Pennsylvania’s environmental justice program was created before the state’s fracking boom began. So none of the state’s more than 10,000 shale gas wells were ever subject to it. Some environmentalists think it’s time that changes.

Environmental Justice Hazardous to Your Health

There’s Enough Gas for Several More Crackers, Industry Says

Reid Frazier·June 23, 2017

Shell’s $6 billion ethane cracker in Beaver County could be the first of several large chemical plants in the region. That’s because there’s enough ethane being produced to provide the chemical industry with the raw material without any additional drilling.

Economy Energy The Coming Chemical Boom

On Health Effects, Blame the Trucks, Not the Fracking?

Reid Frazier·June 16, 2017

Scientists have linked fracking with health issues for people who live near gas wells. Many wonder whether the fracking process itself is to blame. But one researcher thinks the problem might have nothing to do with fracking, but rather something we see so often, we hardly ever notice it.

Hazardous to Your Health Health Pollution

It’s Not Paris or Pittsburgh. It’s the Planet.

Reid Frazier·June 9, 2017

President Trump fulfilled one of his biggest campaign promises in taking the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Accord. But could his decision lead to more climate action, not less?

Climate Change Podcasts Politics Pollution Your Environment Update

Acosta Deep Coal Mine in Somerset County

Trump Touts a New PA Mine. But is Coal Actually Rebounding?

Reid Frazier·June 8, 2017

By all accounts, the coal industry is in a steep decline. Mines have been shutting down for about a decade. So why is one in Somerset County about to open?

Economy Politics Your Environment Update

Are We Heading for a Hydropower Boom on the Three Rivers?

Reid Frazier·May 26, 2017

Adding hydropower capacity to the region's many existing dams could be a big new source of renewable energy. But some worry about the impact on the Three Rivers' still-recovering fisheries.

Energy Headwaters

The Climate of Mann

Reid Frazier·May 12, 2017

Somewhere between 97 and 99 percent of scientists believe that climate change is real, caused by us, and a problem. But at a recent hearing held by the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, only 25% of the witnesses reflected that position. This guy:

Climate Change Podcasts Politics

Why Solar Eclipsed Coal in Jobs

Reid Frazier·May 5, 2017

Solar jobs now out number coal jobs by more than 2 to 1. But can laid off coal miners find jobs in solar?

Economy Energy

Friend of Miners and Mountains

Reid Frazier·April 28, 2017

Silas House writes about life in coal country through rich, complex characters steeped in history and tradition. His activism is rooted in seeing how mining affected his family and community.

Culture Environmental Justice

EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Tells Pennsylvania Miners He Has Their Back

Reid Frazier·April 14, 2017

During a quick stop-over in Greene County, the EPA administrator made the case that an industry-friendly EPA can indeed help coal miners.

Economy Energy

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