Our Drinking Water
Fracking 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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