Oklahoma Ignored Records Revealing 600 Illegally Operating Injection Wells — ProPublica

Oklahoma took on an ambitious project to catalog all of the state's injection wells, which shoot toxic waste generated by oil drilling back into the ground. Despite records showing risk of drinking water pollution, the state chose not to act...

https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-injection-wells-oil-regulators-database 

 

OK State Senator Seeks to Rein In Oil Companies’ Groundwater Pollution — ProPublica

The legislation comes after The Frontier and ProPublica found over 150 incidents where oilfield wastewater had gushed from the earth, releasing toxic chemicals — including some that cause cancer — near homes and farms and into drinking water sources...

https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-legislation-oil-gas-injection-wells-water-pollution-cleanup