October 22, 2020 | 11:30 PM
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.
Latest by Reid Frazier
October 16, 2020 | 7:56 AM
Report: Radiation levels higher downwind of fracking sites
Scientists say the levels are below public health limits, but are cause for concern and more study on fracking-related emissions.
October 14, 2020 | 6:08 PM
DEP issues new fines for Westmoreland County landfill that accepts drilling waste
$59,000 fine issued for multiple violations, including leaks and spills
September 28, 2020 | 5:31 PM
DEP allows work on Revolution pipeline to start back up
Pipeline that exploded in 2018 will be re-routed
September 21, 2020 | 6:51 PM
Trump’s energy secretary questions mainstream science on human impacts of climate change
Scientists says human impacts are clear
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Reid Frazier 
Updated: September 21, 2020 | 9:26 am
In the Ohio River Valley, with the pandemic’s help, the petrochemical boom is on hold
“It just kind of changed the game for all industries, including this one,” said a spokesman for a company that wants to build an ethane cracker. “And so they have had to put off their announcement of a decision.”
By
Reid Frazier 
September 3, 2020 | 6:44 PM
For now, latest federal rollback of coal regs won’t affect PA plants
EPA rollback weakens waste water regs for some plants
September 1, 2020 | 6:31 AM
Clean air laws helped the U.S. reduce air pollution. But hotter days brought by climate change could reverse those gains
More heat will make American cities smoggier
August 28, 2020 | 5:09 PM
Federal judges throw out ‘gaping loophole’ in Pa.’s coal pollution plan
Judges: Coal plants could ‘evade’ ozone rules with Pennsylvania regs
August 20, 2020 | 6:30 PM
DEP fines CNX for well failure near Westmoreland County reservoir
Pipe failed below ground; water quality unaffected
