NY Times: Data, Maps, Documents and Videos - Gas Drilling in the US

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

This is a great example of intelligent investigative geographic reporting.  It is making the science of high-volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking tangible to the public and also critically discusses the health effects.

When I consider open data, this is the context I think of, access to public and science datasets combined with good thematic analysis and visualization that help us unravel social, economic and environmental issues.  Apps are good, but good research using public data opens up public policy discussions and hopefully provides evidence to act on improving it resulting in better outcomes for us all.

Article:

• Regulation Lax as Gas Wells’ Tainted Water Hits Rivers (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/us/27gas.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha3)

Maps & Data visualization:

• Toxic Contamination >From Natural Gas Wells (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/02/27/us/natural-gas-map.html?ref=us)

Interactive visualization:

• Extracting Natural Gas From Rock (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/02/27/us/fracking.html?ref=us)

Documents:

• Natural Gas's Toxic Waste (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/02/27/us/natural-gas-documents-1-intro.html?ref=us)

Video:

• See the article, could not figure out how to get the url for it

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[Jonathan Brun-2]

Hey tracey,

I am writing a piece on environmental data for QC Ouvert, can we quote your email below?

Jonathan

QuebecOuvert.org
MontrealOuvert.net
jonathanbrun.com

On 2011-02-27, at 8:32 AM, Tracey P. Lauriault wrote:

This is a great example of intelligent investigative geographic reporting.  It is making the science of high-volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking tangible to the public and also critically discusses the health effects.

When I consider open data, this is the context I think of, access to public and science datasets combined with good thematic analysis and visualization that help us unravel social, economic and environmental issues.  Apps are good, but good research using public data opens up public policy discussions and hopefully provides evidence to act on improving it resulting in better outcomes for us all.

Article:

• Regulation Lax as Gas Wells’ Tainted Water Hits Rivers (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/us/27gas.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha3)

Maps & Data visualization:

• Toxic Contamination From Natural Gas Wells (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/02/27/us/natural-gas-map.html?ref=us)

Interactive visualization:

• Extracting Natural Gas From Rock (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/02/27/us/fracking.html?ref=us)

Documents:

• Natural Gas's Toxic Waste (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/02/27/us/natural-gas-documents-1-intro.html?ref=us)

Video:

• See the article, could not figure out how to get the url for it

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613-234-2805
http://traceyplauriault.ca/



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[Tracey P. Lauriault]

Knock yourself out!

Cheers

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On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 10:17 PM, Jonathan Brun <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hey tracey,

I am writing a piece on environmental data for QC Ouvert, can we quote your email below?

Jonathan

QuebecOuvert.org
MontrealOuvert.net
jonathanbrun.com

On 2011-02-27, at 8:32 AM, Tracey P. Lauriault wrote:

This is a great example of intelligent investigative geographic reporting.  It is making the science of high-volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking tangible to the public and also critically discusses the health effects.

When I consider open data, this is the context I think of, access to public and science datasets combined with good thematic analysis and visualization that help us unravel social, economic and environmental issues.  Apps are good, but good research using public data opens up public policy discussions and hopefully provides evidence to act on improving it resulting in better outcomes for us all.

Article:

• Regulation Lax as Gas Wells’ Tainted Water Hits Rivers (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/us/27gas.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha3)

Maps & Data visualization:

• Toxic Contamination >From Natural Gas Wells (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/02/27/us/natural-gas-map.html?ref=us)

Interactive visualization:

• Extracting Natural Gas From Rock (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/02/27/us/fracking.html?ref=us)

Documents:

• Natural Gas's Toxic Waste (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/02/27/us/natural-gas-documents-1-intro.html?ref=us)

Video:

• See the article, could not figure out how to get the url for it

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