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July 19, 2025 Marietta City Council scheduled a public meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 29, in the Armory to discuss injection wells. “It was good to see members of the community present at Warren High School for the discussion on injection wells” on Tuesday, Councilman Bill Gossett said. “For me, this is of great…

Farm & DairyBy Liz PartschJuly 23, 2025 MARIETTA, Ohio — Bob Lane drives through the steep hills of Athens County, pointing to access roads where his gas wells are. These conventional wells and others nearby have been producing gas for him and other property owners for decades. But today, these wells are no longer producing…

By Justin NobelJanuary 21, 2020 Oil-and-gas wells produce nearly a trillion gallons of toxic waste a year. An investigation shows how it could be making workers sick and contaminating communities across America In 2014, a muscular, middle-aged Ohio man named Peter took a job trucking waste for the oil-and-gas industry.  The hours were long — he was…