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Is it safe? Plans to reuse fracking water amid growing water shortage move forward

MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- Amid the growing water shortage in West Texas, the Texas Legislature has given oil and gas companies the opportunity to reuse wastewater created during the oil fracking ...

Southeast Ohio officials seek ban on injecting fracking wastewater underground

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Nearly 3 billion gallons of oil and gas wastewater have been injected underground in southeastern Ohio — ...
WVXU

Fracking produces a lot of wastewater. Millions of gallons of it are stored under eastern Ohio

Bev Reed, with the Buckeye Environmental Network, holds a map showing injection well sites near Marietta in southeast Ohio. Hydraulic fracturing, particularly on public lands, has spurred protests ...
WRAL

Biggest potential change to 'fracking' law not in bill

Environmental watchdog groups say the most far-reaching provisions have been pulled out of a bill changing the state's natural gas drilling laws. But it will be another sprawling regulatory reform ...
Washington Examiner

Landmark fracking study finds no water pollution

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The final report from a landmark federal study on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, found no evidence that chemicals or brine water from the gas drilling process moved upward to ...
Investopedia

Re-fracking:What It Means, How It Works, Costs

Dr. JeFreda R. Brown is a financial consultant, Certified Financial Education Instructor, and researcher who has assisted thousands of clients over a more than two-decade career. She is the CEO of ...