In southeast Ohio, state and local officials fight over the future of injection wells
Marietta’s city council passed a resolution asking the state for a three-year moratorium on injection well activity within Washington County.
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Ohio senator failed to disclose ties to well companies, complaint alleges
Environmental advocates claim that Sen. Brian Chavez pushed legislation that would benefit him and his family, and failed to disclose financial ties to at least five oil and gas companies.
Why some Ohio residents fear injection wells will pollute their drinking water
Residents in Marietta, Ohio, are concerned that two injection wells to store waste from oil and gas drilling could pollute the city's aquifers.
Fracking produces a lot of wastewater. Millions of gallons of it are stored under eastern Ohio.
Some residents in Marietta, Ohio, are concerned that an injection well for fracking wastewater could contaminate the drinking water. To understand how that could happen, we’re breaking down the science.
What closing the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette means for the region’s environmental reporting
Don Hopey and David Templeton covered environmental news for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette before retiring. When reporters stop covering the environment, "the public is not hearing the information it needs to hear."
Ohio selects company to frack wildlife area, public voices opposition
An Ohio commission approved a Texas-based company to frack Leesville Wildlife Area, as public objects to longer leases at hearing.
Takeaways from frack waste investigation in Pennsylvania
Inside Climate News found lax state oversight of solid waste from oil and gas drilling, despite new findings that it's more radioactive than previously thought.
The ‘toxic cocktail’ brewing in Pennsylvania’s waterways
Pennsylvania is still cleaning up decades’ worth of coal mining pollution. Now it must also contend with millions of tons of fracking waste, some of it radioactive.
Twenty years into fracking, Pennsylvania has yet to reckon with its radioactive waste
Former government officials say the state isn’t doing enough to regulate fracking waste, even as new research shows it’s far more radioactive than previously known.
Tracking oil and gas waste in Pennsylvania is still a ‘logistical mess’
More than a decade after regulators promised to improve reporting standards for this waste, an investigation found huge discrepancies in state records.
