Reid Frazier | Allegheny Front
Energy ReporterReid 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 is currently contributing to StateImpact Pennsylvania, a collaboration among The Allegheny Front, WESA, WITF and WHYY covering the Commonwealth's energy economy. Email: reid@alleghenyfront.org
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Steel production, which usually heavily uses coal, is estimated to account for as much as 10% of global emissions of carbon dioxide, the key driver of global warming. -
An environmental group wants state regulators to tighten water pollution requirements for U.S. Steel to get the company to stop releasing oil from one of its Pittsburgh-area plants into the Monongahela River. -
The report from Industrious Labs, an environmental group that works to lower carbon emissions from the industrial sector, found health costs from coal-based steel in the U.S. were up to $13 billion. -
The Biden administration funded the creation of several “hydrogen hubs,” including two in Pennsylvania. But what happens to them if Donald Trump regains the White House? -
A pilot project is set to begin leasing solar installations to low- and moderate-income homeowners in Pennsylvania. But the program could face the budget axe should Donald Trump regain the White House. -
Bhopal was the worst industrial accident in world history. Up to 10,000 people died in the first few days after the event, and some estimates say that number climbed to 20,000 more in the years that followed. -
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a consent order with a Western Pennsylvania hazardous waste landfill over its pollution discharges into a Westmoreland County stream. -
Scientists skeptical of oil and gas company’s claim that its fracking ‘poses no public health risks’CNX says a research project it is conducting as part of a voluntary collaboration with the state of Pennsylvania has found no health risks near its operations, but scientists remain skeptical. -
The Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania recently updated its environmental scorecard for all 253 members of the General Assembly. -
The opening of the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub, or ARCH2, comes a month after the Department of Energy announced an initial round of $30 million would go to planning the hub.
