Oil companies from Texas have polluted other states and just left their mess. https://www.propublica.org/article/new-mexico-oil-orphan-wells-cleanup

I recently HAD to go to Texas for work, the drive through Lubbock was the most toxic air I have ever experienced. It was a mixture of petroleum chemicals and cow shit, it was fucking awful.

Texas is a mess.

could? please.... when corporations are involved, it's always unless proven otherwise... and not their 'proof'

I know the US is quickly becoming the shithole of the world but Texas is shitties of holes.

Those poor families probably have no idea about the nightmare they are living on top.

God that article made me queasy. As a Texan, I hope for a day when we'll have state leadship who is interested in protecting the people of Texas rather than lying and covering up to protect exploitative business leaders

This drilling waste is too thick to inject underground, as industry does with problematic liquid waste streams such as produced water and flowback. Instead, it is often disposed of in pits, placed into landfills, laid under county roads (“road-spreading”), or spread across farm fields.

Holy fuck, this is far past negligence and into pure evil.

There's almost nothing in that article beyond one bulldozer driver's self-diagnosis.

if it's properly sealed away and monitored for compliance, I don't see a problem. However, it's likely actually not sealed well.