Organizations, including the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Environmental Integrity Project and some six others, want updated rules covering disposal of fracking wastewater in underground injection wells, which have been linked to river contamination most recently in West Virginia, and earthquakes in Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, and California. (thinkprogress.org)
XTO Energy, an ExxonMobil subsidiary, will reluctantly shell out $ 20 million to properly treat and dispose of fracking wastewater in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. (pearltrees.com)
«We have a bill in committee right now that would ban the use of fracking wastewater as a de-icer in New York State, and we hope that my colleagues will see that this activity actually is occurring here in New York State,» Gipson said. (treehugger.com)