Over 5.2 million Texans and 1.3 million Texas children live within the threat radius (1/2 mile) of an oil & gas facility. That’s close enough to be exposed to harmful pollutants associated with severe asthma, cancer, and premature death.

the oil & gas pollution threatening your family and Texans across the state using Earthworks’ new Oil & Gas Threat Map

The health impacts for Texans are enormous, inescapable, and unfairly distributed. They will impact children growing up here for the rest of their lives. 

At the webinar, we will show you how to see the threat that oil and gas production is creating around you. Afterwards you will be able to click around to find infrared videos that make otherwise invisible air pollution visible, testimonials from people living with this pollution and facility data.

Register today to find out if you are one of the over 5 million Texas residents living in the threat radius.

Oil and Gas Threat Map Texas Sneak Peek 

Studies have linked the expansion of Lyme disease cases over the past two decades to forest fragmentation. However, there has been little research done on the role that oil and gas infrastructure in forested areas of southwestern Pennsylvania has had on this relationship.

In this webinar, FracTracker’s environmental health fellow will discuss her research on the relationship between oil & gas pipeline right-of-ways and Lyme disease. This research is intended to serve as a gateway to further research on the impacts that forest fragmentation caused by oil and gas infrastructure has had on the spread of Lyme disease.

Ana Abel, current FracTracker environmental health fellow and Master of Public Health student at George Mason University in Northern Virginia

This event is being hosted by FracTracker Alliance in partnership with Halt the Harm Network.

Oil & Gas Pipeline Right-of-Ways: Forest Fragmentation and the Spread of Lyme Disease

For more than a century, the fossil fuel industry has spent billions to convince us dirty, dangerous methane gas is “natural,” safe, and clean. 

is a new campaign launched to transform the narrative about fracked gas by telling the truth about how this deadly disinformation is harming our communities and heating our planet. The campaign uses inventive storytelling, video content, and social media materials to highlight the dangers of fracked gas.

Caleb Heeringa, Gas Leaks’ Campaign Director, will join us to discuss the campaign and how you can use its media assets to help fight the gas industry. He’ll also discuss their research into what types of messaging and communications are effective to shift hearts and minds on fracked gas and share Gas Leaks resources that can be used in local gas campaigns.

This will be an interactive event, and we encourage activists and leaders fighting fracking near their homes to share their experiences with messaging on fracked gas at the point of extraction. 

Gas Leaks: Setting the Record Straight on Fracked Gas Disinformation 

Heavy industrialization by the oil and gas industry can severely damage the rich ecology of watersheds and forests. FracTracker has been conducting extensive fieldwork to unearth these often out-of-sight industry harms in Pennsylvania and Ohio. 

Join us for this special webinar where FracTracker Alliance's Ted Auch and Matt Kelso will share the takeaways from several projects examining watershed impacts, including their recent project examining 

Here are a list of watershed projects the presentation will touch on:

Coursing Through Gaslands: Exploring Oil & Gas Impacts on Watersheds

Join us for a webinar featuring Autumn Crowe, the Program Director of the West Virginia Rivers Coalition (WV Rivers), as she discusses the ongoing fight against the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) in West Virginia. 

The West Virginia Rivers Coalition has led the opposition of the Mountain Valley Pipeline in West Virginia since the project was first proposed in 2014. Their work has unearthed numerous water quality violations and their successful legal challenges have put MVP 5 years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget. This includes the recent legal victory in the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, where the court 

 that the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) needed to proceed with construction activities in West Virginia streams and wetlands. 

WV Rivers is also working with allies to push back against the Biden Administration’s support of the pipeline.

During the webinar, Autumn will detail the fight against the Mountain Valley Pipeline, the current status of the ill-conceived project, and actions you can take to support the resistance effort. 

More on WV Rivers’ Fight to Stop the MVP

Through a partnership with Trout Unlimited WV Rivers developed a pipeline monitoring program, which trained over 1,000 people to collect baseline data and monitor impacts of pipeline construction. Their efforts led to approximately 50 water quality violations issued by the state’s regulatory agency. In addition to training monitors on the ground, they also reviewed, analyzed and commented on clean water act permits for the Mountain Valley Pipeline. These technical comments helped to build the public record for successful legal challenges putting MVP 5 years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget. 

Autumn grew up swimming and fishing in the waters of the Greenbrier River where she gained her love of nature and desire to protect the environment. She obtained a BS in Environmental Protection and a MS in Soil Science from West Virginia University. After graduating, Autumn spent 7 years working with Tribes in Alaska and Nevada. In 2015, she returned home to West Virginia to serve as Program Director for WV Rivers Coalition working to protect the State’s scenic rivers and headwater streams. When not working, Autumn enjoys spending time outdoors with her family hunting, fishing, hiking, paddling and biking.

Kevin Richardson, HHN