Fracking Waste

On this West Virginia Morning, we hear about an ongoing culture war in classrooms: book banning, and why some activists argue books need to be taken off school shelves. Also, in this show, The Allegheny Front, based in Pittsburgh, has their latest story on fines against a company that allowed drilling mud to spill for up to a month.

Many oil and gas workers come into contact with a fracking byproduct called brine. The gas industry says it’s safe. But is it really? This week on Inside Appalachia, we’ll talk with reporter Justin Nobel, who says some workers are being exposed to dangerous levels of radioactivity, which could be making them, and their families, sick. And, as we head into garden season, we’ll check in with an update on a mystery about mortgage-lifter tomatoes.

On this West Virginia Morning, we hear a story about some of the impacts of the fracking industry. Also, we explore the Biden administration’s pandemic recovery plan, and we have updates from the West Virginia Legislature.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week said it will not strengthen regulations on waste created by oil and gas production, a move that could…

State officials have finalized an agreement with an eastern Kentucky disposal company that illegally dumped low-level radioactive fracking waste from West…

A federal judge has ruled that the Fayette County Commission does not have the right to ban frack waste. Last Friday, the U.S. District Court for the…

In the growing wake of the natural gas boom, West Virginia has been trying to figure out what exactly to do with waste generated by the oil and gas…

On West Virginia Morning, Glynis Board reports on how the state is dealing with the waste resulting from natural gas drilling. And Clark Davis visits a…

A new report was published this month that looks at how states are dealing with dangerous waste produced during shale gas development. Not well, according…

An environmental watchdog group is claiming some companies in West Virginia are using diesel fuel in their fracking fluids without the proper permits.…