Reid Frazier
Reid 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.
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Steel production is a major contributor to climate change globally. A new project in Sweden hopes to prove that can change.
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The Environmental Protection Agency says Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $310 million in damages for the train derailment that occurred in East Palestine, Ohio in 2023.
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Shell's plastics plant outside Pittsburgh, which was built with over a billion dollars in tax credits from the state, has violated clean air laws 19 times since it began operating two years ago.
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The Biden administration recently announced $7 billion for regional hubs meant to develop and increase the use of hydrogen. Pennsylvania has ended up with two of the hubs.
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Around the country, health care workers continue to grapple with their industry's massive carbon footprint. In Pittsburgh, doctors formed Clinicians for Climate Action to address the problem. -
Shell has agreed to pay $10 million to Pennsylvania for numerous air quality violations at its Beaver County ethane cracker. The Allegheny Front’s Reid Frazier reports. -
Federal investigators held a multi-day hearing on the causes of the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment and fire that spewed toxic chemicals into the air.
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Two environmental groups filed suit Thursday in federal court against Shell for air pollution at its Beaver County ethane cracker. Meanwhile, the ethane cracker is shut down while Shell tries to fix its problems. -
Earlier in April, a truck carrying waste from the East Palestine train derailment spilled over 20,000 pounds of contaminated soil. -
The state’s largest coal-fired power plant is closing. The owner of Homer City Generating Station in Indiana County says it will decommission the plant by July 1. For StateImpact Pennsylvania, the Allegheny Front’s Reid Frazier reports.
