Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A cache of government documents dating back nearly a century casts serious doubt on the safety of the oil and gas industry’s most ...

"What happens is over that long period of time the stresses can increase in and around that well bore, and if the rate of injection is too fast or if there is a geological feature ...

COSHOCTON, OH — JANUARY 25: Lucy Bryan Malenke, a freelance writer and local resident, with the white buildings and tanks of the Buckeye Brine injection facility on Airport Road in the background, ...

Across the U.S., hazardous waste management projects are triggering public concern, from a Florida landfill’s deep well plan to a West Virginia plastic-to-oil facility. These local disputes come amid ...

For many years, America’s rural places have served as dumping grounds. Counties like ours often lack economic opportunity, have lax regulatory environments and hold little political power. That makes ...

A landfill in Central Florida is drilling a deep well to inject runoff mixed with garbage into the ground.

This story is published in partnership with DeSmog, the climate investigations site. A cache of government documents dating back nearly a century casts serious doubt on the safety of the oil and gas ...