Ohio Natural Gas

We’re reporting on the natural gas industry in Ohio, as it brings more gas wells, pipelines and a potential multi-billion dollar ethane cracker to the region while transforming communities and increasing fears of health and environmental impacts.

One Town’s Saga of Few Jobs, Chronic Pollution and the Coming Chemical Boom

Julie GrantNovember 30, 2018

After years of decline, East Liverpool is banking on new economic life from the gas industry. But many are still struggling from pollution that has plagued this town for decades.

EconomyEnvironmental JusticeHazardous to Your HealthHealthThe Coming Chemical Boom

Ohio Residents Fed Up with Fracking Wastewater

Julie GrantNovember 1, 2018

Ohio regulators just approved a controversial injection well. Activists are considering an appeal.

EnergyNewsPollution

Can Shale Gas Rebuild the Region’s Manufacturing Base?

Julie GrantOctober 26, 2018

Some are hoping that natural gas can create a plastics industry in the Ohio Valley. Others fear air quality and drinking water will be harmed.

EconomyEnergy

A Clear Divide as Ohio Residents Testify About Ethane Pipeline

Julie GrantMay 25, 2018

Shell’s Falcon Pipeline would run through Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, transporting the ethane necessary to fuel the cracker plant its building in Western, PA. The cracker creates ethylene, which is used in manufacturing plastics.

EconomyEnergyFollow the PipelinePollution

Gearing Up for Fight, Ohio Residents Turn to PA Experts

Julie GrantMay 4, 2018

Ohioans are concerned about the impact that all the new well pads, pipelines, compressor stations and diesel truck traffic are having on the environment and the quality of life in their rural communities. What can they learn from what has happened in southwestern Pennsylvania?

EnergyHealthPollutionYour Environment Update

VIDEO: Newly Obtained XTO Well Pad Explosion Footage

Julie GrantMarch 20, 2018

Gas poured from the well head at a rate estimated by the EPA of 100 million cubic feet per day for 20 days before crews were able to plug it it on March 7.

NewsPollutionVideo

Natural Gas Leak Capped After 20 Days

Julie GrantMarch 9, 2018

It's estimated that 100 million cubic feet of natural gas and other substances, like brine water, spewed out of the well each day.

EnergyNewsPollution

More Than a Week After Explosion, Gas Still Pours from Frack Well

Julie GrantFebruary 23, 2018

In addition to monitoring the air, regulators have set up floating booms in nearby Captina Creek to protect it from salty brine water that’s also pouring from the well.

EnergyNewsPollution

Well Pad Explosion in Eastern Ohio Causes Evacuation of Residents

Julie GrantFebruary 16, 2018

Ohio Department of Natural Resources says the combination of methane and brine flowing out of the well in an uncontrolled manner created the flames.

EnergyNewsPollution

Are Pipelines to Blame for Decline in Ancient Salamanders?

Julie GrantFebruary 2, 2018

Eastern hellbender salamanders need clean streams with high water quality and silt-free stream beds to find their prey and avoid predators. Pipeline construction isn't making that easy.

Follow the PipelineWildlifeYour Environment Update

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Energy

Two Hurt in Construction Accident Along Mariner East 2 Near Pittsburgh

Two hurt on construction accident along Mariner East 2 near Pittsburgh

US Steel Claims Air Pollution Order Could Cost it $400 Million

Climate

Pennsylvania’s Top Fiscal Watchdog to Look at State Response to Climate Change

What’s the Carbon Footprint of a Typical Thanksgiving?

America Voted. How did the Environment Fare?

Pollution

Asthma, dirty air and the struggle to clean up a chronic polluter

Five Cities, 12 Pollutants. What a New Study Shows about Health and Dirty Air

Fighting Air Pollution With Stories and Friendship

Health

Asthma, dirty air and the struggle to clean up a chronic polluter

Five Cities, 12 Pollutants. What a New Study Shows about Health and Dirty Air

Fighting Air Pollution With Stories and Friendship

Ohio Natural Gas

One Town’s Saga of Few Jobs, Chronic Pollution and the Coming Chemical Boom

Ohio Residents Fed Up with Fracking Wastewater

Can Shale Gas Rebuild the Region’s Manufacturing Base?

A Clear Divide as Ohio Residents Testify About Ethane Pipeline

Gearing Up for Fight, Ohio Residents Turn to PA Experts

VIDEO: Newly Obtained XTO Well Pad Explosion Footage

Natural Gas Leak Capped After 20 Days

More Than a Week After Explosion, Gas Still Pours from Frack Well

Well Pad Explosion in Eastern Ohio Causes Evacuation of Residents

Are Pipelines to Blame for Decline in Ancient Salamanders?