Ohio has hundreds of injection wells that store waste from oil and natural gas production. In one southeast Ohio city, ...

There's an old saying that I won't spell out completely, but which most readers will certainly have heard at least once in their lives, to wit: "Don't sh-- where you eat." It is an all-purpose warning ...

In May, the New Mexico Water Quality Commission banned the discharge of fracking wastewater, whether treated or not, off an oil field. The decision — months in the making — was hailed by environmental ...

Small earthquakes in Ohio and Arkansas associated with hydraulic fracturing for natural gas have taken many people by surprise. Gas industry executives say there's no hard evidence that their ...

In Kern County, the oil business is even bigger than agriculture, and using water for fracking is a familiar practice there. Waste-water, containing chemicals is then injected into the ground. In July ...

Environmental advocates on Wednesday celebrated a decision by the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission to prohibit the discharge of fracking wastewater into the state’s waterways and ...

The court battles over fracking wastewater are probably not over, but a recent judge’s ruling leaves Nebraskans in a better position to protect the state’s precious groundwater. Cheyenne County ...

As newspapers have reported, Ohio’s DNR has now issued a finding that wastewater injection related to fracking probably caused the quakes. It wasn’t the fracking itself they say caused the earthquakes ...

SCOTTSBLUFF — The Natural Resources Committee heard testimony via a teleconference at ESU-13 in Scottsbluff on Wednesday regarding Omaha Sen. Ernie Chambers’ Legislative Bill 664 that would force ...

HOWELL – Gov. Chris Christie said today he has yet to make up his mind on whether he’ll sign or HOWELL – Gov. Chris Christie said today he has yet to make up his mind on whether he’ll sign or veto a ...

LINCOLN--Nebraska lawmakers are examining the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and its role in monitoring a salt wastewater injection well in the northwestern corner of the state.