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Reid Frazier

Reid R. Frazier is an energy reporter for The Allegheny Front, a Pittsburgh-based public media outlet covering the environment in Pennsylvania. His work has aired on NPR and Marketplace.
Email: reid.frazier@verizon.net
Twitter: @reidfrazier

Latest by Reid Frazier

Scientists from Carnegie Mellon use mobile labs to detect methane leaks from the natural gas industry. Photo: Reid R. Frazier
May 14, 2020 | 9:55 AM

Study finds methane leaks in PA are much higher than state reports

Companies use EPA formulas that base emissions on the equipment in use. But the Environmental Defense Fund says when you measure leaks in the field, they’re “always much higher” than the estimates.

By Reid Frazier
File photo. A Chesapeake Energy natural gas well site in Bradford County, PA.
May 11, 2020 | 5:38 AM

Oil and gas companies asked, then received changes to Fed coronavirus stimulus program

Help with refinancing debt could help shale companies in PA
By Reid Frazier
The remnants of a home and garage destroyed by the explosion of the Revolution Pipeline.
May 7, 2020 | 7:08 AM

The Revolution pipeline explosion resulted in a huge fine for Energy Transfer. Now, DEP says it’s found hundreds of new violations

Regulator, company at odds over erosion, hillside slips
By Reid Frazier
The Brunner Island coal-fired plant located on the west bank of Susquehanna River.
April 28, 2020 | 6:32 AM

Ex-EPA official: Rollback of Mercury and Air Toxics Standards ‘forshadows what’s to come’

By Reid Frazier
Coal is piled up at the the Blaschak Coal Corporation pit mine Dec. 4, 2018, in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania.
April 27, 2020 | 5:15 AM

The coal industry was already struggling. Now it’s getting hammered by coronavirus

'Everything that can go wrong, has gone wrong'
By Reid Frazier
April 24, 2020 | 4:49 PM

DEP approves injection well in Plum, but uncertain economy might put project on hold

Coronavirus' impact includes turmoil in oil and gas industry
By Reid Frazier
The Svínafellsjökull glacier in Iceland. Glacial retreat is among the most visible impacts of climate change. Since the early 20th century, with few exceptions, glaciers around the world have been retreating at unprecedented rates.
April 24, 2020 | 9:40 AM

Why one writer says coronavirus is like climate change on steroids

By Reid Frazier
Shell's multi-billion dollar ethane cracker under construction in February, 2020. Photo: Reid R. Frazier
April 15, 2020 | 6:19 PM

500 construction workers to go back to work on Shell’s ethane cracker

State says power plant on Beaver Cracker site is ‘essential’
By Reid Frazier
April 14, 2020 | 4:45 PM

DEP reaches agreement with Range Resources over Washington County air violations

Emissions from two well pads qualified as 'major source' from 2013 to 2015
By Reid Frazier
A view of the Colver Power Project in Cambria County.
April 10, 2020 | 5:38 PM

EPA rolls back air regulations for waste coal plants in western Pa., W.Va.

Mercury rule exemption applies to three plants in Pennsylvania, one in West Virginia
By Reid Frazier
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