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

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 ...

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 ...

COLUMBUS – State data shows the amount of hydraulic fracturing wastewater pumped underground in Ohio increased by more than 15 percent last year. The increase comes as drilling for shale in the ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Just weeks after an 18-month-long rulemaking process resulted in new state regulations on wastewater from ...

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 ...

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 ...

The boom in the unconventional natural-gas drilling method known as fracking hit so fast that scientists have had to scramble to determine whether it is safe for humans and the environment. Mostly ...

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 ...

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 ...