In New Mexico—one of the largest producers of oil and gas in the country—researchers are trying to grow hemp, sunflowers and trees with purified fracking wastewater. For now, using such “produced water” for anything in the open environment is prohibited in the state.  Each experiment will be completely enclosed, so that no water leaks out … Continue reading New Mexico Lawmakers to Decide Whether Oil and Gas Wastewater Could Be Reused on Wide Scale