Ohio has hundreds of injection wells that store waste from oil and natural gas production. In one southeast Ohio city, ...

In May, the New Mexico Water Quality Commission banned the discharge of fracking wastewater, whether treated or not, off an oil field. The decision — months in the making — was hailed by environmental ...

Colleen O’Neil, of the Mountain Watershed Association, fixes a crooked sign posted near a landfill's discharge pipe that flows into Sewickley Creek in Yukon, Pa. This article originally appeared on ...

If the New Mexico oil and gas industry recycled 95% of the wastewater it produces, there would still be 1.9 billion barrels left over. What to do with that water — the salty byproduct of oil and gas ...

There's an old saying that I won't spell out completely, but which most readers will certainly have heard at least once in their lives, to wit: "Don't sh-- where you eat." It is an all-purpose warning ...

Drinking water photo from the Ohio Governor's Office. The chicks from Ohio’s fossil fuels-based energy policy have grown up quickly and are coming home to roost. In Washington County, Marietta area ...

This story was originally published by. In the far reaches of Appalachian Ohio, DeepRock Disposal Solutions and other companies pump salty, hazardous waste from oil and gas fracking thousands of feet ...

Fracking wastewater, a byproduct of natural gas extraction, contains significant lithium concentrations, a critical component in renewable energy technologies and electric vehicle batteries.

Hydraulic fracturing, known as “fracking,” refers to the highly controversial practice of using chemically treated water to free shale natural gas reserves deep underground. The advent of fracking ...

A driver for Allied Eagle Transports monitors the transfer of a load of salt water, a byproduct of fracking, to a salt water disposal site on June 25, 2024 south of Midland. (Eli Hartman/The Texas ...

Landfill has poisoned communities with radioactive waste for over a decade, causing serious environmental and health impacts Westmoreland County, PA — Thursday, a packed room congregated for a state ...