Ohio has hundreds of injection wells that store waste from oil and natural gas production. In one southeast Ohio city, ...

In the far reaches of Appalachian Ohio, DeepRock Disposal Solutions and other companies pump salty, hazardous waste from oil ...

New research suggests fracking waste could contain huge amounts of lithium, a main ingredient in batteries. But fracking will never be part of a clean energy future. New research suggests fracking ...

In May, the New Mexico Water Quality Commission banned the discharge of fracking wastewater, whether treated or not, off an oil field. The decision — months in the making — was hailed by environmental ...

Colleen O’Neil, of the Mountain Watershed Association, fixes a crooked sign posted near a landfill's discharge pipe that flows into Sewickley Creek in Yukon, Pa. This article originally appeared on ...

Fracking wastewater, a byproduct of natural gas extraction, contains significant lithium concentrations, a critical component in renewable energy technologies and electric vehicle batteries.

Newly published research by a University of Pittsburgh doctorate student estimates that up to 40% of the lithium needed in the U.S. could be extracted from wastewater created by unconventional ...

More of the Leesville Wildlife Area in Carroll County has been opened up for fracking.

There's an old saying that I won't spell out completely, but which most readers will certainly have heard at least once in their lives, to wit: "Don't sh-- where you eat." It is an all-purpose warning ...

An investigation into solid waste from the gas industry in Pennsylvania found lax oversight, increased radioactivity in frack ...

If the New Mexico oil and gas industry recycled 95% of the wastewater it produces, there would still be 1.9 billion barrels left over. What to do with that water — the salty byproduct of oil and gas ...

Drinking water photo from the Ohio Governor's Office. The chicks from Ohio’s fossil fuels-based energy policy have grown up quickly and are coming home to roost. In Washington County, Marietta area ...