Tag: wastewater
Coral disease spreading in Caribbean linked to wastewater from ships
Since the identification of the disease off Virginia Key in 2014, it has spread to the Caribbean, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Saint Maarten and Mexico.
Where does all the radioactive fracking waste go?
A year-long investigation finds a major West Texas disposal site with a patchy record is also importing radioactive oilfield waste from abroad.
As fracking companies face bankruptcy, US regulators enable firms to duck...
“Currently there is no way to treat, store, and release the billions of gallons of wastewater at the surface.”
Fracking wastewater may trigger earthquakes for decades even after operations cease
"That has some very interesting and I think important consequences for how we understand the hazard posed by oilfield wastewater disposal."
Fracking chemicals dumped in the Allegheny River a decade ago are...
"We don't know how much of an impact this has on human health, or if it has any impact at all, but this means it's entering the food chain."
North Dakota pipeline spills thousands of barrels of produced water, cause...
"We want to get it taken care of as quickly as possible."
The fracking industry’s water nightmare
Water itself now poses a risk to the already failing financial model of the American fracking industry, and that is something the industry won’t be able to ignore.
Injecting wastewater underground can cause earthquakes up to 10 kilometers away
The important insight of this study is sedimentary rock injection is not a safer alternative to basement injection.
Lawsuit launched against Trump EPA for approving fracking waste dumping into...
At least 10 fracking chemicals routinely used in offshore fracking could kill or harm a broad variety of marine species, including marine mammals and fish.
People in Arkansas Poisoned by Koch Brothers-Owned Paper Plant
Residents have been reported experiencing respiratory and sinus problems, sore throats, nausea and allergies which could be from these factory toxins.
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Different battles, same struggle: The US war on China, Venezuela, and the international left
We must remember that these are not separate crises, but different fronts of the same struggle. And to resist one is to resist them all.
Voter backlash defies MAGA’s anti-reality hokum, entrapped by its own BS, rip-offs, venom &...
Trump promised unremitting revenge but that is a sharp, merciless two-edged sword about to redound on him and MAGA.
Trump quietly expands corporate tax breaks while threatening states over food aid
Treasury guidance weakens corporate minimum tax as the Agriculture Department warns states to “undo” full November SNAP payments amid shutdown confusion.
Bill Gates gave $3.5M to think tank run by climate crisis denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
Utah’s 1,300-bed homelessness “accountability center” tests Trump-era crackdown
Planned for 16 acres on the edge of Salt Lake City, Utah’s new homelessness campus would combine mass shelter, court-ordered treatment, and “work-conditioned housing.” Supporters call it a model of reform, while advocates warn it mirrors forced labor and internment.