Technology to treat produced water has advanced. But critics warn against relaxing protections for disposal “of what is very ...

Maria Gallucci was a Science Reporter at Mashable. She was previously the energy and environment reporter at International Business Times; features editor of Makeshift magazine; clean economy ...

Treated fracking wastewater could not be used for drinking water, farming or ranching. Ultimately, however, the Governor’s Office decided to ditch produced water in the committee substitute.

One company wants small nuclear reactors to power the energy-intensive process of purifying vast volumes of toxic “produced ...

Fracking is a method of oil and gas production that involves blasting huge amounts of water — mixed with sand and toxic chemicals — under high pressure deep into the earth. Fracking breaks up rock ...

Traditional owners and a scientist fear there have been more fracking fluid spills by gas companies exploring the Northern ...

Multiple presenters to the legislature’s committee on public bills said the government’s plan to lift the ban on uranium ...

More than 25 major consumer brands and petrochemicals have been traced to fracking in the Permian Basin, one of the world’s ...

Landfill has poisoned communities with radioactive waste for over a decade, causing serious environmental and health impacts ...