Our Drinking Water
OHIO AG WANTS PA. COMPANY HELD IN CONTEMPT FOR FAILING TO CLEAN UP RADIOACTIVE DRILLING WASTE
alleghenyfront.org GLYNIS BOARDMAY May 3, 2024 A small Ohio River community that is home to a hazardous waste facility is wondering what will happen now that the company that ran the facility has failed to comply with a court order to clean up excess toxic oil and gas drilling waste. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost…
Read MoreFracking waste wells owned by an Ohio senator are leaking. The state paid $1.3 million to clean it up
cleveland.com By Jake Zuckerman May. 04, 2024 COLUMBUS, Ohio – Injection wells owned by an Ohio state senator leaked fracking waste deep underground in Noble County before blasting through the surface miles away at an oil well, warranting a $1.3 million cleanup effort. The state paid to remediate the mess in January 2021, but it…
Read MoreIn West Virginia, Plan to Clean up Radioactive Fracking Waste Ends in Monster Lawsuit
DESMOG.com Justin Nobel Sep 19, 2023 The legal battle over a treatment plant built by French multinational Veolia points to a hidden source of oil industry harm. In rural West Virginia, largely hidden among steep hills, stands a $255 million facility designed to transform fracking waste into freshwater and food grade quality salts. Proponents hailed…
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