Ohio Residents Fed Up with Fracking Wastewater
Ohio regulators just approved a controversial injection well. Activists are considering an appeal.
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Disposal Well Near Pittsburgh Gets a Hearing
The well would inject 25 million gallons of fracking waste a year into depleted natural gas well.
Injection Well in Clearfield County Gets Permit. Residents Fear Earthquakes and Water Contamination
Some Clearfield County residents have fought for years to block a proposed injection well to store wastewater from the state’s natural gas fields, but the project has secured a permit from Pennsylvania environmental officials.
Pittsburgh Suburbs Decide as Fracking Comes Near: Welcome it, or Resist?
In suburban Pittsburgh, suburbanites and elected officials now have to decide what to do about fracking in their backyards.
Judge Fines Environmental Attorneys $52,000 for ‘Frivolous’ Injection Well Suit
“It’s Grant Township’s hope that our attorneys will wear this slap as a badge of courage, just as any front line veteran would wear a scar.”
Industrial Strength: How the U.S. Government Hid Fracking’s Risks to Drinking Water
A pivotal EPA study provided the rationale for exemptions that helped unleash the fracking boom. The science was suppressed to protect industry interests.
Can This Green Method Of Disposing Leftover Drilling Water Beat A Hole In The Ground?
Since energy companies have been fracking, they've been trying to figure out the best way to deal with the chemical and mineral-laced water that gurgles out of the wells. Some of the wastewater is transported to Ohio where it is injected thousands of feet into the ground, and where it's been known to cause earthquakes. But a new company in thinks it can do better by building on an old technology.
Researchers Search for New Ways to Treat Fracking Wastewater
West Virginia University and the University of Kansas are teaming up to tackle the 20-billion-barrel-a-year problem of fracking wastewater.
Small Earthquakes May Be the First Linked to Fracking in PA
Though earthquakes caused by fracking are rare, a series of small quakes in the heart of Pennsylvania's drilling country has again raised questions about the links between earthquakes and fracking.
