
Our Drinking Water?
UPDATED 8.6.24
Oil company claims fracking waste has ruined parts of the region for oil and gas extraction
ATHENS: July 3, 2024 — When a state agency last year ordered an operator of injection wells for fracking waste to stop injecting into its wells in the Coolville area, the reason cited was that toxic waste fluids were apparently “migrating” from the injection wells and showing up in oil and gas production wells up to a mile or more away.
West Virginia Reports
Ohio Environmentalists, Oil Companies Battle State Over Dumping of Fracking Wastewater
Advocates for both sides say public drinking water may be tainted by underground leaks of “produced water.”
By Jon Hurdle / May 14, 2023