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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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. -
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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Norfolk Southern Railway has removed a small mountain of soil laced with toxins since the February train derailment in East Palestine. What happens to the waste that hazmat teams collect?
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A plan for Western countries to help fund South Africa's transition from coal was difficult to reach, but parties announced an agreement Friday. It could be a model for other countries.
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Officials from around the world are meeting in Pittsburgh to discuss global climate change efforts. The event comes as leaders prepare to meet this fall for the next U.N. climate summit in Egypt.
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The plant will turn natural gas produced from fracking to lentil-sized pieces of plastic. -
Oil giant Shell will soon open a chemical plant near Pittsburgh that will turn gas from fracking into plastic. The project is creating hundreds of jobs but some residents worry about the air quality
