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

Steam rising from equipment at the Clairton coke plant

Allegheny County fines U.S. Steel another $2M for rotten egg smell releases

Reid Frazier·January 10, 2024

The county found the company’s Clairton coke works caused hydrogen sulfide levels at the nearby air monitor to surpass standards 159 times between March 2022 and November 2023.

Pollution

An industrial building behind transmission wires

Proposed federal hydrogen tax credit rules could be worth billions for projects, including those in Pa.

Reid Frazier·January 4, 2024

The Department of Treasury’s new proposed rules for tax credits for "clean hydrogen" could be a boon for boosting the nascent clean energy industry. But some say they are too strict.

Climate Change Economy Energy Your Environment Update

A woman stands with a microphone reading from a piece of paper she is holding, in front of a sign that reads "Department of Environmental Protection" while others in the demonstration look on behind her.

Environmental groups pressure Gov. Shapiro on fracking regulations

Reid Frazier·December 18, 2023

At demonstrations in Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, environmental groups called on Gov. Josh Shapiro to develop stricter regulations on fracking.

Energy Health

Wind turbines in a row on a green hilltop

What’s the current state of the energy transition?

Reid Frazier·December 8, 2023

While wind and solar are cost-effective, local opposition, lack of transmission lines and land use restrictions are slowing down renewable development.

Climate Change Energy Your Environment Update

A sign that says "Say No to Max" hangs on a tree

EPA finds spills, leaks, heavy metals at hazardous waste landfill in Westmoreland County

Reid Frazier·November 17, 2023

Residents have been complaining about the MAX Environmental landfill in Yukon for years. An EPA inspection found it may be violating federal laws.

Health Pollution Water

Protestors stand behind signs that read "Safe clean jobs now" and "We bleed for your greed," among others. A Black woman stands in the middle, speaking into a microphone

Outside a coal and steel conference, residents rally against pollution

Reid Frazier·November 9, 2023

About 30 people attended a rally organized by local environmental groups to protest outside of a conference about metallurgical coal co-sponsored by Norfolk Southern.

Energy Environmental Justice Health Pollution

Governor Shapiro stands in front of a table holding a signed agreement with 2 men on either side of him.

Gov. Shapiro announces ‘first of its kind’ agreement with CNX on fracking health measures, says new regulations coming

Reid Frazier·November 2, 2023

The agreement includes many measures recommended by a 2020 grand jury report. Voluntary air monitoring and data-sharing will take place at two CNX drilling sites.

Energy Health

A close-up of the side of the blue electric locomotive with the words "Zero-emissions Clariton Plant."

In Clairton, U.S. Steel debuts an all-electric locomotive, a first in North America

Reid Frazier·October 31, 2023

The new locomotives will save 40 thousand gallons of diesel fuel a year and emit no CO2.

Climate Change Pollution Transportation

a front loader is dumping soil into a large tractor trailer truck in the foreground.

Cleanup almost finished in East Palestine, EPA says

Reid Frazier·October 26, 2023

Norfolk Southern cleared more than 165 million tons of contaminated soil and over 39 million gallons of liquid waste from the derailment site.

Pollution

A graphic showing different kinds of fuel sources to make hydrogen

Hydrogen is coming to Pennsylvania. Now what?

Reid Frazier·October 23, 2023

Analysts say the hydrogen hubs will take at least 10 years and billions more in private money and tax breaks to develop.

Climate Change Energy

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