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FracTracker Alliance retweeted
Texas' environmental permitting agency shut down its online permitting portal this week after watchdogs said data center related permits were getting advanced and approved -- against the governor's order. It's still offline today.
texastribune.org/2026/10/21/…
FracTracker Alliance retweeted
The watchdogs announced their findings the same day TCEQ told the governor they were following his directive and hadn't issued any permits. It's all unfolding of course in a frenzied election cycle where bipartisan data center opposition has grown loud. texastribune.org/2026/10/20/…
FracTracker Alliance retweeted
That matters because that portal is used for an array of permitting and reporting. But @PublicCitizenTX @FracTracker identified stormwater construction permits in particular had been issued for data center sites. Notices for those get approved automatically.
The Athens County Independent covered our report with @BuckeyeEnviNtwk, and they looked at Southeast Ohio in particular. Athens, Hocking and Washington counties had 221 oil and gas incidents from 2015 to 2025, about 9% of the state's total.
athensindependent.com/fractr…
One ODNR inspector is responsible for every well in 26 Ohio counties. That’s about 24,000 wells.
Another covers about 1,500 wells, all in Harrison County.
Our report: fractracker.org/2026/10/ohio…
Peter Krouse at @clevelanddotcom wrote about our report with @BuckeyeEnviNtwk. The headline sums it up: Ohio needs more inspectors, better enforcement and better reporting. Right now ODNR has about 25 inspectors for roughly 96,000 active wells.
cleveland.com/news/2026/10/m…
2,529 Ohio oil and gas incidents, 2015–2025, mapped. Stark and Noble counties have the most, about 130 each.
Look up yours: fractracker.org/2026-ohio-in…
FracTracker Alliance retweeted
“The well was flowing for days after the leak was found… stating that it was zero is inaccurate.”
Our organizer Bev Reed spoke with The Marietta Times about what our report with @FracTracker found in ODNR’s records.
mariettatimes.com/news/2026/…
FracTracker Alliance retweeted
TCEQ Backtracks, Suspends Data Center Permits Issued After Investigation Shows It Ignored Abbott’s Pause citizen.org/news/tceq-backtr…
Dani Kington at the Athens County Independent smelled gas near her house and called ODNR in October 2024. ODNR closed the incident the same day. Inspectors later found a gas line leaking into a stream, and the last inspection had no plan for a fix.
athensindependent.com/oil-an…
TCEQ has shut down STEERS, its e-filing system, "to ensure all applications are reviewed by agency staff to determine if they are related to data centers."
That's two days after our report with @PublicCitizenTX. We caught them doing something they shouldn't have. 🧵
These were regulatory approvals that allowed construction on over 5.9 square miles of land across Texas. We don't know if these data centers are complying with the suspensions. TCEQ needs to send inspectors to make sure they are.
The confusion surrounding these approvals further proves the need for a moratorium.
Full report and records, with @PublicCitizenTX: fractracker.org/2026/10/texa…
FracTracker Alliance retweeted
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.
athensindependent.com/fractr…
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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