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Oil and Gas Waste Management

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

The Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill dominates the horizon in Belle Vernon, Pa. Credit: Scott Goldsmith/Inside Climate News
A truck for Noble Environmental, the parent company of Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Belle Vernon, Pa., drives down a road on a rainy day. Credit: Scott Goldsmith/Inside Climate News

Twenty Years Into Fracking, Pennsylvania Has Yet to Reckon With Its Radioactive Waste

By Kiley Bense, Peter Aldhous

A view of the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Belle Vernon, visible from a strip mall parking lot. Credit: Scott Goldsmith/Inside Climate News

Tracking Oil and Gas Waste in Pennsylvania Is Still a ‘Logistical Mess’

By Kiley Bense, Peter Aldhous

Jim Wright is one of three elected officials who lead the Railroad Commission of Texas. Credit: Jim Wright for Texas

A Rare Recusal by Texas Oil and Gas Regulator Up for Re-election

By Martha Pskowski

Deborah Linn lives near the construction site of a new McBride waste facility for oil and gas disposal in Elysian Fields, Texas. Credit: Shelby Tauber

Pitted Against Waste

By Martha Pskowski, Lise Olsen

A landscape of the landfill appears in the middle ground, a brownish-sandy color, with trees at either side.

Along the Banks of the Mon River, Fracking Waste in a Landfill Once Again Poses a Pollution Problem

By Reid Frazier

Tanks hold oilfield waste for disposal in the Permian Basin. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Texas Oil Drillers Can Bury Toxic Waste on Private Property Without Telling the Landowner. A New Bill Seeks to Change That

By Martha Pskowski

Pollution From a Pennsylvania Landfill Caused Problems for Decades. Fracking Waste Made It Worse

By Kiley Bense

An aerial view of produced water ponds constructed by Martin Water in Lenorah, Texas. Credit: Julian Mancha for The Texas Tribune/Inside Climate News

Debate Flares Over Texas’ Proposed Oil and Gas Waste Rule

By Martha Pskowski

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