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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

Shell ethane cracker in Monaca, Pa. March 2022.
February 3, 2023 | 3:10 PM

Shell expected to face lawsuit over air pollution violations at Beaver County ethane cracker

The Environmental Integrity Project and Clean Air Council sent a notice of intent to sue Thursday to get the company to comply with state and federal air rules.

By Reid Frazier
Brendon Slotterback had a contractor install a heat pump outside his Pittsburgh home.
January 20, 2023 | 7:11 PM

In Pa., heat pumps could be a climate change solution. But contractors and customers would need to buy in

Natural gas heats most homes in Pennsylvania. Heat-pump technology could help reduce one of the largest sources of greenhouse gases in America: home heating.

By Reid Frazier
This photo, from the Department of Environmental Protection's report, shows Energy Transfer's Revolution gas processing plant in Smith Township, Washington County, after a fire occurred Dec. 25, 2022.
January 12, 2023 | 3:08 PM

Pa. natural gas plant explosion under investigation in Washington County

A Christmas-morning explosion at an Energy Transfer plant caused a fire but didn’t injure anyone.

By Reid Frazier
US Steel's Clairton Coke plant, as seen from the air in 2017. Photo: Reid R. Frazier
January 6, 2023 | 4:13 PM

Groups, residents want EPA to protect Pittsburgh region from ‘unacceptably high’ levels of benzene pollution from U.S. Steel

A known carcinogen threatens ‘imminent danger’ to residents, groups argue
By Reid Frazier
One of the sites where John A. Joseph dumped the waste is at a spot between Route 40 and the parking lot at the Uniontown Mall, shown here. Jon Dawson via Flickr. Uniontown Mall. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/
December 16, 2022 | 12:07 PM

Western Pa. contractor fined for illegal dumping of oil and gas waste

Hauler used pipeline cuttings as fill in Fayette County
By Reid Frazier
Shell ethane cracker in Monaca, Pa. March 2022.
December 15, 2022 | 12:52 PM

Shell air pollution soars during startup of Beaver County cracker plant

Releases spiked in September as a result of flaring
By Reid Frazier
The entrance to the Rager Mountain gas storage site in Cambria County. Photo: Reid R. Frazier
December 10, 2022 | 5:06 AM

DEP says leaks, spill damage continue at storage site where gas leaked for weeks 

The DEP said the November leak allowed the release of 1.29 billion cubic feet of natural gas, which contains the potent greenhouse gas methane. 

By Reid Frazier
US Steel's Clairton Coke Works
December 2, 2022 | 6:46 PM

US Steel fined $458K by Allegheny County

The fines were for violations outlined by the county in a letter sent to the company about the Clairton plant, the largest coke plant in North America.

By Reid Frazier
The Pa. Department of Environmental Protection took this photo of the leak at the Rager Mountain storage facility as part of its investigation.
November 18, 2022 | 6:14 PM

Natural gas leak in western Pa., thought to have been stopped, is leaking again

The company reported “a preliminary, conservative estimate” that the well was losing 100 million cubic feet a day.

By Reid Frazier
November 18, 2022 | 9:21 AM

CNX fined $200K for natural gas-related spills in Greene County

CNX delayed reporting and cleanup, the Department of Environmental Protection said.

By Reid Frazier
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