Since the 1850s, approximately 155,000 wells have been drilled in Illinois, mainly in the southern half of the state.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday that 21 oil wells have been sealed at the AllenCo drilling site in Southern California, marking the end of a decades-long litigation battle between the City ...

The Environmental Protection Agency knew long ago that injecting toxic wastewater underground was dangerous. Trump’s EPA continues to claim it’s safe.

A new report suggests Illinois could be on the hook for plugging and cleaning up thousands of inactive and abandoned oil and ...

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A Permian Basin landowner alleges in a lawsuit that saltwater injection wells contributed to well blow-outs that caused extensive pollution on his property. Billy Wayne Meister Jr. filed the lawsuit ...

U.S. natural gas futures jumped more than 30% Monday, capping a roughly 125% four-session surge as the arctic blast tightened supplies and sent heating demand soaring. The rally follows a 60% weekly ...

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CRAWFORD COUNTY — Bill Rosborough and his son Jon stopped their pickup truck near a 40-acre cornfield and pointed to a white PVC pipe that rose 5 feet from the snow-covered ground on a windy December ...

Reporting for this story was supported by a grant from the Fund for Investigative Journalism. WINKLER COUNTY, Texas—The first sign of trouble appeared in 2003 when the water samples came back salty.