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Wastewater Is Polluting Rivers and Streams in Central Texas

Margo Denke set out to rally the town when she learned that a Christian youth camp planned to build a wastewater treatment plant and discharge its effluent into the pristine Hill Country creek that ran through her small ranch. Denke, …

Oklahoma’s Fracking-Linked Earthquakes Raise National Security, Energy Concerns

Sunday night’s 5.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Cushing, Okla., is the latest and, in some ways, the most troubling in a series of temblors that has rocked the Sooner State over the past few years. Not only did it strike …

Ohio’s Authority to Regulate Injection Wells Goes Before Judge

A judge in Columbus is preparing to hear arguments in a dispute over Ohio’s authority to regulate oil andgas operations, including wells disposing of fracking wastewater. Attorneys for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and the operator of a Youngstown-area …