rustybikes 🐧1d ago
ProPublica

Toxic oil waste is increasingly shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma, contaminating the state’s drinking water.

We found that regulators identified 2,000 problem wells in a 2021 report. Then they ignored their findings.
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-injection-wells-oil-regulators-database?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Oil #Gas #Environment #Oklahoma #Data #EPA #Regulation

Oil Regulators Found Hundreds of Wells Violating Oklahoma Rules. Then They Ignored Their Findings.

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.

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Mar 17 at 1:30pmWeb
Show threadDgun86d ago
@ProPublica
#ImagineThat
Show threadNeil Moffatt6d ago

@ProPublica Back to that original concern about who regulates the regulator.

But this is insanely bad.

Can no one be held to account?

Why such systemic failing yet a member of the public can make one mistake and end up in prison.

Show threadFelis_Catus_Domesticus5d ago
@NicelyManifest @ProPublica
Show threadNeil Moffatt5d ago
@Felis_Catus_Domesticus @ProPublica Fracking yet another signature of planet extinction obsession ...
Show threadFelis_Catus_Domesticus5d ago
@NicelyManifest @ProPublica
Show threadWeird Socks5d ago
@NicelyManifest @ProPublica
My impression is Oklahoma is "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." for anything like this.
Show threadFelis_Catus_Domesticus5d ago
@ProPublica
Show threadLaukidh5d ago
@ProPublica huh, wonder how that happened. (Fracking)
Show threadLaukidh5d ago
@ProPublica those are some concerning numbers.
Show thread@iveyline1d ago
@ProPublica It's what's known as "shitting in your own nest".
Show threadMaya Frisian14h ago
@ProPublica 🙂🙂🙂🙂