Pennsylvania Publishes Long-Awaited Study on Radioactivity in Landfill Runoff
The state concluded there is “no current cause for concern.” Experts worried about the long-term impacts of fracking waste say more research is required.
By Kiley Bense
Landfills
The ‘Toxic Cocktail’ Brewing in Pennsylvania’s Waterways
Story by Kiley Bense, photos by Scott Goldsmith
Twenty Years Into Fracking, Pennsylvania Has Yet to Reckon With Its Radioactive Waste
By Kiley Bense, Peter Aldhous
Tracking Oil and Gas Waste in Pennsylvania Is Still a ‘Logistical Mess’
By Kiley Bense, Peter Aldhous
Ohio Landfills Take Drilling Waste but Don’t Track or Test Much of It
By Julie Grant, The Allegheny Front
Maine Was First To Ban Spreading PFAS-Contaminated Sludge on Farmland. Now Sludge Is Filling up Landfills.
By Sydney Cromwell
International Effort to Curb Emissions of a Climate Super Pollutant Falls Short, UN Report Reveals
By Phil McKenna
Along the Banks of the Mon River, Fracking Waste in a Landfill Once Again Poses a Pollution Problem
By Reid Frazier
The Battle Over Polluted Water Beneath an Iowa Coal Ash Landfill
By Anika Jane Beamer
A Toxic Landfill Was on the Brink of Expanding. Residents Fought Back and Won
By Christiana Freitag
The Smoldering, Noxious Waste Dump Next Door
By Liza Gross
Truckers Say Oil and Gas Companies Are Violating Hazardous Materials Transport Regulations
By Kiley Bense
New York City Has a Trash Problem. A Packaging Reduction Bill Could Help
By Lauren Dalban
Fearing Radioactive Waste, a Western Pennsylvania Community Fights to Stop a Landfill’s Re-Opening
By Kiley Bense
‘Deep Change Theory’ Could Pull Us Out of a Global Climate and Pollution Crisis, Scientists Say
By Bob Berwyn
Does N.C. Need Another Polluting Plant to Turn Plastic Waste Into Diesel Fuel?
By Lisa Sorg
The ‘Horror Story’ of Hazardous Waste in a Small Pennsylvania Town
By Kiley Bense
Pollution From a Pennsylvania Landfill Caused Problems for Decades. Fracking Waste Made It Worse
By Kiley Bense
