Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham made waves in 2023 when she announced a plan to ensure a secure water source for New Mexico. She pointed to two unorthodox, untapped water resources: brackish water — or ...

This not only reduces the amount of water available for drinking and irrigation but it also threatens to pollute local sources with contaminated wastewater. The byproduct of fracking's water ...

Such accidents are disturbingly common. A fracking boom in North Dakota, for example, has led to thousands of accidental releases of oil, waste water and other fluids, according to a ProPublica ...

This waste can be toxic." Researchers conduct pilot program that uses potentially 'radioactive' substance to grow crops: ...

Not one, but two, failed mechanical integrity tests have stopped operations once more at Catalyst Energy Inc.’s fracking ...

Catalyst Energy Inc.’s fracking wastewater injection well in Keating Township has failed not one, but two, mechanical ...

Two large earthquakes that hit the Permian basin, the top U.S. oilfield, this week have rattled the Texas oil industry and ...

Pennsylvania holds what could be a significant source of lithium, a key component in powering everything from cell phones to ...

The 5.0 magnitude earthquake is tied for the sixth strongest in state history. Scientists have warned for years that increased fracking in West Texas is causing higher earthquake activity.

What causes the quakes is probably what happens after oil is extracted. Salty wastewater that could be millions of years old, which comes up with oil, has to be disposed back underground because ...