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Pressure increases for Texas to allow treated drilling waste into rivers and rangeland
As oil and gas companies run out of places to put their wastewater, Texas regulators draft permits for treatment and reuse outside the oilfields.
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Opinion: Ohio should treat the threat of radioactive fracking waste like the emergency that it is
Southeastern Ohio has a serious problem with fracking waste injection underground. That problem is now reaching the surface and threatening our drinking water, writes Marietta College petroleum geologist David L. Jeffery, Ph.D.
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In Ohio, toxic wastewater is bubbling up out of the ground
The state is a major importer of fracking wastewater, which gets pumped underground but doesn’t always stay there. The city of Marietta is fighting back.
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A proposed Eastern Kentucky gas pipeline to serve a power plant is stirring local opposition
Kentuckians living along the route of the proposed natural gas pipeline don't believe enough is being done to address safety and enviornmental concerns.
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Fracking ban in the Delaware River Basin survives a Republican challenge (for now)
The congressional amendment sought to overturn a fracking prohibition that protects water used by millions of people. Critics predict that natural gas allies will try again.
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‘Zero consultation’: Tribal reps say they were left out of monument reduction decisions
Two coalitions of Native American tribes say they weren’t consulted about the dramatic downsizing of two national monuments in Utah.
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Fuel on the fire: Why oil companies are profiting as the world gets dangerously hot
The scientific consensus is that burning fossil fuels drives the climate crisis, yet the world’s biggest oil companies are planning to increase production.
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