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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
@ProPublica It's what's known as "shitting in your own nest".
@ProPublica those are some concerning numbers.
@ProPublica huh, wonder how that happened. (Fracking)
@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.
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