Environment
Environment
Environment
EPA Considers Giving More ‘Flexibility’ To Dispose of Highly Toxic Wastewater
Mar 20, 2025 Critics warn against relaxing protections for disposal “of what is very hazardous material.”
Environment
Whistleblower Decries ‘Unregulated’ Fracking Wastewater Network in Pa.
Dec 27, 2024 A new lawsuit alleges toxic, radioactive waste leaked into a family’s water well, uncovering the regulatory abyss of fracking pipelines in the state.
TD Original
Hell’s Kitchen: Radioactive Gas is Quietly Seeping into New York City
Oct 3, 2024 Thanks to former Mayor Mike Bloomberg, fracked gas laden with the radioactive gas radon is powering millions of New York City stoves.2025 Southern California Journalism Award: Second Place, Hard News Feature, General News | Third Place, Investigative Reporting, Entertainment or Business Related | Third Place, Investigative Reporting
Editorial Cartoons
Trump’s Environmental Plan
Jun 17, 2024
Book Excerpt
Is Oil Field Waste Making You Sick?
Apr 25, 2024 The industry's workers are at risk and we don't know how bad the radioactivity is.
Activism
Inside the Movement To Halt the Mountain Valley Pipeline
Jan 17, 2024 The project is over budget and behind schedule. Its opponents hope that makes fossil fuel companies think twice about building the next one.
TD Original
A Slow-Rolling Disaster in Fracking Country
Dec 7, 2023 Ex-employees at “West Virginia’s Chernobyl” speak out on lethal cancers, regulatory failure and contaminated drinking water.
Environment
‘Damning Evidence’ Mounts That Links Fracking to Health Impacts
Oct 26, 2023 Despite thousands of papers compiled that outline the hazards of fracking to the greater population, fossil fuel groups continue to deny the facts.
Investigative Stories
Inside West Virginia’s Chernobyl
Sep 18, 2023 The radioactive dangers of oilfield waste have long been known by the oil and gas industry.2024 Headliner Award: Third Place, Online Investigative Reporting for Digital-Only Website
TD Event
Livestream Event Transcript for “Downstream Radioactivity: What on Earth Is Coming Out of the Pipes?”
May 26, 2023 A transcript of Truthdig's roundtable with researchers and watchdogs on the radioactivity being released during oil and gas drilling.
Investigative Stories