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Injection Wells

The Hidden Risks of Pumping Waste Underground

Injection wells used to dispose of the nation’s most toxic waste are showing increasing signs of stress as regulatory oversight falls short and scientific assumptions prove flawed.

Report Criticizes EPA Oversight of Injection Wells

by Naveena Sadasivam,

After a Powerful Lobbyist Intervenes, EPA Reverses Stance on Polluting Texas County’s Water

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

Message from Mexico: U.S. Is Polluting Water It May Someday Need to Drink

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

Graphic: Uranium Mining at a Wyoming Ranch

by ProPublica,

On a Wyoming Ranch, Feds Sacrifice Tomorrow's Water to Mine Uranium Today

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

Poisoning the Well: How the Feds Let Industry Pollute the Nation's Underground Water Supply

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

The Trillion-Gallon Loophole: Lax Rules for Drillers that Inject Pollutants Into the Earth

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

State-by-State: Underground Injection Wells

by Abrahm Lustgarten and Krista Kjellman Schmidt,

Polluted Water Fuels a Battle for Answers

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

An Unseen Leak, Then Boom

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

Whiff of Phenol Spells Trouble

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

Injection Wells: The Poison Beneath Us

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

Stimulus Speed Chart

by Jeff Larson, Christopher Flavelle and Ryan Knutson,