oil wastewater

Appeal Could Make It Easier for Companies to Spread Drilling Fluids on Pennsylvania Roadways

In recent years, Pennsylvania regulators have tried to clamp down on roadway spreading of tens of millions of gallons of oil and gas “brines,” high-salt liquids that can be laced with toxic metals and radioactive material. The industry is pushing back.

By Kyle Bagenstose

Can Colorado Recycle Toxic Water from Oil and Gas Drilling Without Increasing Emissions?

Story by Jake Bolster, photos by Lee Pruitt

Texas Supreme Court Rules on Produced Water Ownership

By Martha Pskowski

Truckers Say Oil and Gas Companies Are Violating Hazardous Materials Transport Regulations

By Kiley Bense

New Mexico Bans Release of Treated Oil and Gas Wastewater

By Carrie Klein

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

By Martha Pskowski

EPA Considers Giving Oil and Gas Companies More ‘Flexibility’ to Dispose of Highly Toxic Wastewater

By Martha Pskowski, Kiley Bense

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

By Kiley Bense

New Mexico Lawmakers to Decide Whether Oil and Gas Wastewater Could Be Reused on Wide Scale

By Carrie Klein

Debate Flares Over Texas’ Proposed Oil and Gas Waste Rule

By Martha Pskowski

New Mexico Debates What to Do With Oil and Gas Wastewater

By Martha Pskowski

Unchecked Oil and Gas Wastewater Threatens California Groundwater

By Liza Gross