Radioactive fracking waste could have been dumped at any number of Kentucky landfills, and nobody would know. Kentucky does not require any radiation screening at landfills. Landfill operators count ...
The Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill is located in Rostraver Township, Pa. On a rainy morning, Mike Frederick showed off the Belle Vernon Municipal Authority’s sewage treatment plant, about 30 miles ...
A truck for Noble Environmental, the parent company of Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Belle Vernon, Pa., drives down a road on a rainy day. When John Quigley became the secretary of the ...
New research suggests fracking waste could contain huge amounts of lithium, a main ingredient in batteries. But fracking will never be part of a clean energy future. New research suggests fracking ...
In a little-known corner of state government lies the Water Quality Control Commission. It’s supposed to protect clean water, but the governor is directing certain members of the commission to approve ...
What passes for regulatory logic in the stewardship of Ohio’s natural resources by the administration of Gov. Mike DeWine includes the following, as reported by cleveland.com’s Jake Zuckerman: * ...
A flooded site at the Austin Master Services toxic-waste storage facility in Martin’s Ferry, Ohio. Credit: (Photo by Jill Hunkler) Environmental groups say more should be done to protect people’s ...
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 ...
Colleen O’Neil, of the Mountain Watershed Association, fixes a crooked sign posted near a landfill's discharge pipe that flows into Sewickley Creek in Yukon, Pa. Credit: Scott Goldsmith/Inside Climate ...