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hydraulic fracturing

Under the new federal fracking rules, wastewater must be managed onsite and in closed tanks, not in the open pits seen here.
Environment
Fracking is about to change, and almost no one is happy about it
Sediment from a stream bed containing fracking wastewater (jars on the left) developed orange residues after 90 days; sediment from a clean stream bed (jar on the right) did not.
Environment
As fracking booms, waste spills rise — and so do arsenic levels in groundwater
In Ohio, concerned citizens can bring water from their wells to a monthly water monitoring program.
Environment
Fearing pollution, some local governments are demanding back zoning control over oil and gas
Water treatment tub in PA
Environment
Can fracking solve the problem of polluted mine water in Pennsylvania?
Fracking tower in PA
Environment
Here’s another complication for fracking — radioactive waste
Fracking site in North Dakota
Environment
Fracking went on trial and a Texas family beat the industry
Fracking site in North Dakota
Environment
Fracking went on trial and a Texas family beat the industry