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.
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.
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After Fayette County’s first proposed injection well is withdrawn, residents worry there may be more to come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.
