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

How One Woman Took On Shell to Save Her Louisiana Town

Reid Frazier·April 7, 2017

It's not every day that a major corporation agrees to move an entire community out of the path of pollution from one of its facilities. But a retired Louisiana school teacher was able to get Shell to do just that.

Environmental Justice The Coming Chemical Boom

This is Exactly How Natural Gas Gets Turned Into Plastics

Reid Frazier·April 7, 2017

Our energy reporter Reid Frazier digs into how Shell's new ethane cracker will turn natural gas into one of the building blocks of modern life.

Energy The Coming Chemical Boom

Report Finds Fracking Companies Often Get Slap-on-the-Wrist Fines

Reid Frazier·March 28, 2017

That's if they're getting fined at all. The new report from PennEnvironment found only 17 percent of violations resulted in penalties, and the median fine was around $5,000.

Energy

Groups Announce Plans to Sue Steel Plant for Air Pollution Violations

Reid Frazier·March 27, 2017

In the latest chapter of Allegheny County's struggle with air pollution, four environmental groups say they are suing the county and a steel plant for violations of the Clean Air Act.

Pollution

As in Flint, Cost-Cutting May Be to Blame for Pittsburgh’s High Lead Levels

Reid Frazier·March 24, 2017

The decision to switch to a cheaper, less-effective treatment chemical was likely a major contributor to the recent spike in lead levels in Pittsburgh's drinking water.

Health Hidden Poison Water

Is a Petrochemical Boom Heading for Pennsylvania?

Reid Frazier·March 23, 2017

Shell's ethane cracker may prove to just be an opening act. A new state-commissioned report says that by 2030, Pennsylvania could be a major hub for the nation's petrochemical industry.

Energy The Coming Chemical Boom

Has Human Activity Created a New Geologic Era on Earth?

Reid Frazier·March 17, 2017

A film airing this month at the Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival explores whether humans' impact on the planet goes far deeper than global warming.

Climate Change Culture

Pittsburgh Company Gets ‘Cease-and-Desist’ Letter Over Anti-Trump T-shirt

Reid Frazier·March 10, 2017

Smokey Bear’s time in the resistance might be short-lived.

Culture Politics

The Viral T-Shirts of the Trump Resistance Are Made Right Here in Pittsburgh

Reid Frazier·February 24, 2017

So those 'Rogue NASA' and 'Resist' Smokey Bear protest shirts you've seen all over the internet — turns out, they're made right here in the 'Burgh.

Culture

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Pennsylvania Confirms First Fracking-Related Earthquakes

Reid Frazier·February 18, 2017

Fracking-induced earthquakes have been detected in neighboring Ohio before, but the five tremors recorded in western Pennsylvania in 2016 are the state's first.

Energy

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