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Explore FracTracker’s new data portals! Access nearly 5 million oil and gas well records and 30+ datasets on refineries, pipelines, power plants, and more—free and open to everyone.
Visit fractracker.org/data for more + watch the webinar recording to learn more: youtu.be/uwmVxflzlKA?si=8mt8…
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Our report with @FracTracker found serious problems with how ODNR handles oil and gas incidents. One well went 12 years without an inspection before a tank exploded and spilled nearly 2,500 gallons of oil. ODNR called it minor.
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FracTracker Alliance retweeted
Texas regulators continued permitting data centers after Governor Greg Abbott ordered a pause, according to a new report. It identified 35 permitting actions in the weeks following the moratorium.
truthout.org/articles/texas-…
How do you suspend a permit that was never approved? These were regulatory approvals that allowed construction on over 4.2 square miles of land across Texas, for companies like OpenAI, Amazon and other hyperscalers. The pause only got real after we caught TCEQ red-handed.
The headline says data center permits 'kept moving”
The facts: zero data center permits have been approved, and stormwater permits are suspended.
The pause is real.
Texans come first.
texastribune.org/2026/10/20/…
FracTracker Alliance retweeted
Across the country, data center power projects are receiving approval with minimal public participation by finding ways to fit into regulations written for small-scale facilities
From @KeatonPeters
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New report: Ohio recorded 2,529 oil and gas incidents from 2015 through 2025, rising from 103 a year to 268.
With @BuckeyeEnviNtwk, we went through ten years of ODNR records. Oversight isn't keeping up. 🧵
fractracker.org/2026/10/ohio…
Bev Reed of @BuckeyeEnviNtwk, on a Marietta well ODNR visited 20 times:
"If I get a traffic ticket… I have to pay it within two weeks' time or they're going to escalate. That's not the case with these oil and gas companies, and that's not right."
What we're asking for: clear definitions and open data, more inspectors, fines for long-running violations, and stop-work orders until contamination is cleaned up.
ODNR's rules go to the legislature Jan 13.
Map: fractracker.org/2026-ohio-in…
Data: fractracker.org/2026-odnr-in…
FracTracker Alliance retweeted
Texas’ data center industry could reverse much of the state’s progress on air quality by the end of the decade, according to report by @HARCresearch. The impact on air quality depends heavily on how data centers are powered. #txlege For @TexasTribune texastribune.org/2026/10/20/…
FracTracker Alliance retweeted
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has paused issuing permits connected to construction or infrastructure “directly supporting data centers." But an advocacy group fighting data center development along with concerned residents says that some TCEQ permits have still been moving along. texastribune.org/2026/10/20/…
Abbott told TCEQ to halt data center permits Sept 21. TCEQ told us applications "will not advance." Its records show 11 stormwater approvals, 7 air certifications & 14 gas plant/generator applications moving after the order. Our review w/ @PublicCitizenTX: fractracker.org/2026/10/texa…
Regulators in Texas did not stop processing permits for data center projects when Gov. Greg Abbott ordered a pause last month, according to an analysis of public records released Monday by
@FracTracker & @PublicCitizenTX
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Join us in celebrating 5 grassroots leaders whose organizing, advocacy, & commitment to community are making a lasting impact.
Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026 · 5 p.m. CT
📍 New Orleans, LA + Virtual
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Tomorrow: free Community Organizing Summit on data centers in Beaver County, PA. Campaign workshops, local solutions, data and mapping tools. We're a cosponsor with @EHPinfo @PennEnvironment and others. Sat 10/17, 10-3, Monaca United Methodist Church. RSVP: bit.ly/BeaverCountySummit202…
Western PA folks: Join us for an organizing summit in Beaver County to build skills to fight data centers.
Saturday, October 17, 10:00 - 3:00 at Monaca United Methodist Church. It's free to attend, but please register communityactionworks.org/bea…
Meet your 2026 Sentinels!🏆
We’re honoring five environmental justice leaders making a lasting impact through organizing, advocacy, education, storytelling & community care.
Join us in New Orleans or virtually on Nov. 12!
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The data center industry has been running roughshod over democratic process at local, state, and federal levels. This "permitting reform" is an affront to the hundred of thousands of Americans who have spoken up against data centers projects in their community.
The Senate permitting bill would be a gift to data centers and their massive gas buildout. It would weaken accountability + give developers more power at communities’ expense.
Congress should reject the bill.
Read more: oilchange.org/blogs/senate-p…
Instead of faster permiting, we need a nationwide moratorium. This will give us more time to understand the dangers of this new technology, the effects it will have on nearby communities, and the effect on our country's energy infrastructure.