Intern Project Archives - FracTracker Alliance https://www.fractracker.org/category/articles/intern-project/ Insights empowering action Mon, 08 Sep 2025 17:26:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://www.fractracker.org/a5ej20sjfwe/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cropped-2025-Submark-Symbol-1-32x32.png Intern Project Archives - FracTracker Alliance https://www.fractracker.org/category/articles/intern-project/ 32 32 Threats of Permitting New Liquefied Natural Gas Terminals in the Pacific Northwest https://www.fractracker.org/2025/09/liquefied-natural-gas-terminals-in-the-pacific-northwest/ https://www.fractracker.org/2025/09/liquefied-natural-gas-terminals-in-the-pacific-northwest/#respond Wed, 03 Sep 2025 18:56:11 +0000 https://www.fractracker.org/?p=75364 The Pacific Northwest is emerging as a frontline for petrochemical expansion, with new proposals for LNG terminals, pipelines, and transport routes.

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]]> https://www.fractracker.org/2025/09/liquefied-natural-gas-terminals-in-the-pacific-northwest/feed/ 0 Power Plant Locations and Unemployment Rates https://www.fractracker.org/2025/05/power-plant-locations-and-unemployment-rates/ https://www.fractracker.org/2025/05/power-plant-locations-and-unemployment-rates/#respond Sat, 31 May 2025 16:00:59 +0000 https://www.fractracker.org/?p=74894 A FracTracker analysis investigates the link between energy infrastructure and economic distress, revealing that U.S. power plants are disproportionately concentrated in counties with high unemployment.

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]]> https://www.fractracker.org/2025/05/power-plant-locations-and-unemployment-rates/feed/ 0 Visualizing Environmental Injustice with Interactive Data: Cancer Alley, Louisiana https://www.fractracker.org/2024/12/visualizing-environmental-injustice-with-interactive-data-cancer-alley-louisiana/ https://www.fractracker.org/2024/12/visualizing-environmental-injustice-with-interactive-data-cancer-alley-louisiana/#respond Wed, 01 Jan 2025 01:51:39 +0000 https://www.fractracker.org/?p=73676 This article explores Cancer Alley, an 85-mile stretch in Louisiana that epitomizes the intersection of environmental justice and industrial development, where predominantly Black communities face disproportionate health risks from a high concentration of petrochemical plants and refineries.

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]]> https://www.fractracker.org/2024/12/visualizing-environmental-injustice-with-interactive-data-cancer-alley-louisiana/feed/ 0 Mapping the Invisible Threat: Emissions from Oil and Gas https://www.fractracker.org/2024/09/mapping-the-invisible-threat-emissions-from-oil-and-gas/ https://www.fractracker.org/2024/09/mapping-the-invisible-threat-emissions-from-oil-and-gas/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2024 18:23:26 +0000 https://www.fractracker.org/?p=72984 Hazardous air emissions in Pennsylvania are often hidden, leaking from abandoned wells, seeping from pipelines, and wafting invisibly into the air. This analysis utilizes new technologies and mapping tools to reveal the full scope of the problem and identify areas of particular concern in the state.

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]]> https://www.fractracker.org/2024/09/mapping-the-invisible-threat-emissions-from-oil-and-gas/feed/ 0 The Importance of Surveying Rural Landowners in North Dakota on Fracking https://www.fractracker.org/2024/06/survey-of-north-dakota-landowners-on-fracking/ https://www.fractracker.org/2024/06/survey-of-north-dakota-landowners-on-fracking/#respond Tue, 04 Jun 2024 20:34:59 +0000 https://www.fractracker.org/?p=72483 There is a need for more research on the human impact of the oil and gas industry in North Dakota, particularly on landowners and farmers, to understand their experiences and address their concerns effectively.

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]]> https://www.fractracker.org/2024/06/survey-of-north-dakota-landowners-on-fracking/feed/ 0 Landscape Changes and Mental Health Impacts in Southwestern Pennsylvania Communities: A Qualitative Study https://www.fractracker.org/2020/08/landscape-changes-and-mental-health-impacts-in-southwestern-pennsylvania/ Thu, 20 Aug 2020 15:07:57 +0000 https://www.fractracker.org/?p=62398 The primary goal of this qualitative study was to identify residents’ attitudes about the changing physical landscape resulting from fracking operations. Furthermore, how have these landscape changes affected residents’ engagement with the outdoors and their overall health?

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]]> Mapping Gathering Lines in Ohio and West Virginia https://www.fractracker.org/2020/07/mapping-gathering-lines-in-ohio-and-west-virginia/ Thu, 02 Jul 2020 16:09:19 +0000 https://www.fractracker.org/?p=61636 As a spring 2020 intern with FracTracker, my work mostly involved mapping gathering lines in West Virginia and Ohio. Gathering lines are pipelines that transport oil and gas from the wellhead to either compressor stations or storage/processing facilities. The transmission pipelines (which are often larger in diameter than gathering lines) take the oil and gas […]

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]]> Abandoned Wells in Pennsylvania: We’re Not Doing Enough https://www.fractracker.org/2019/08/pa-abandoned-wells/ Thu, 08 Aug 2019 18:17:38 +0000 https://www.fractracker.org/?p=57984 Pennsylvania does not have adequate plan to address thousands of dangerous abandoned natural gas and oil wells within the state. FracTracker intern Isabelle Weber gives recommendations to address this widespread issue.

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]]> Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling: Risks to the Sea Otter https://www.fractracker.org/2015/06/sea-otter/ Tue, 30 Jun 2015 17:00:06 +0000 https://www.fractracker.org/?p=14018 By Emily Watson, FracTracker Summer Intern Sea otters, an endangered keystone species, are at risk due to offshore oil and gas drilling spills. Along the west coast of the U.S., this marine mammal’s habitat is commonly near offshore drilling sites, specifically in California and Alaska. Sea Otters – a Keystone Species Sea otter numbers used […]

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]]> Has radioactivity risk from oil and gas activity been underrated? https://www.fractracker.org/2015/06/radioactivity/ https://www.fractracker.org/2015/06/radioactivity/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2015 13:00:40 +0000 https://www.fractracker.org/?p=13925 Reviewing a Pennsylvania TENORM Study By Juliana Henao, Communications Intern Technologically-enhanced, naturally-occurring radioactive materials, also known as TENORM, are produced when radionuclides deep in the earth are brought to the surface by human activity such as oil and gas drilling. The radioactive materials, which include uranium (U), thorium (th), potassium-40 (K-40) and their decay products, […]

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