A new book takes on the dangers of radioactivity in the oil and gas industry
Science journalist Justin Nobel's shocking seven-year investigation looks at how the industry has skirted regulations and endangered public health.
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Ohio orders company to suspend operations at 3 drilling wastewater wells
The state found waste could be migrating through fractures in the shale and that the impacts create an “imminent danger” to health and the environment.
This rural township wants to make it easier for other places in Pa. to fight injection wells
Officials in Clara Township, Potter County, said they weren't notified about an injection well application in time. They want to change that.
After Fayette County’s first proposed injection well is withdrawn, residents worry there may be more to come
The injection well would have been 300 feet from the nearest home and dispose of fracking wastewater, which may pose risks to groundwater and air quality.
EPA’s approval of second Plum injection well raises fears that more are on the way
A second injection well near Pittsburgh has residents and activists worried. Pennsylvania has 19 injection wells permitted by EPA.
Ohio groups petition U.S. EPA to revoke state’s regulation of oil and gas waste disposal wells
The groups say Ohio's failure to enforce regulations is endangering drinking water and burdening low-income Appalachian communities.
A new film connects the plight of hellbenders with concerns over gas development
"Hellbent" tells the story of a small, rural town trying to keep a frack waste injection well out of their community to preserve their drinking water and save a rare salamander.
Residents oppose plan to build second fracking waste injection well in Pittsburgh suburb
Residents who say the first injection well polluted groundwater oppose an EPA permit for another injection well next to it.
Environmental group joins Plum Borough Council in fight against second gas wastewater injection well
Injection wells dispose of fracking wastewater deep underground. The group has concerns about truck traffic, water contamination, and earthquakes.
Why Frack Wastewater Injected Underground Doesn’t Always Stay There
One geologist says the landscape is like "Swiss cheese" from a century of oil and gas drilling. All those wells could allow fracking wastewater to travel back to the surface.
