Injection Well

French police on Monday detained screen legend Gerard Depardieu for questioning after two women accused him of sexual assault, a source close to the case said.The 75-year-old actor, who has made more than 200 films and television series, was charged with rape in 2020 and was forced to put his career...

An EPA regional administrator said at a news conference that the agency has conducted 578 home re-entry screenings and is continuing air monitoring from 15 stations within the community.

A year later, Tampa Bay is still dealing with the aftermath – and at risk of it happening again.

Three people who've quit the nonprofit Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund say the group resisted efforts to make it more inclusive for LGBTQ people.

Around 140 groups have called for an extension of public comment period over U.S. Forest Service proposal amid questions about safety and impact.

In California, Aemetis Carbon Capture has been awarded the first CO2 sequestration characterization well permit issued by the State of California. All of the necessary city, county, regional and state agency permits have been received to drill the CO2 sequestration characterization well on the 24-acre Riverbank site that was acquired by Aemetis in 2022.  A […]

Hazardous waste site was under scrutiny before uproar over East Palestine shipments.

A Texas county official says there are outstanding questions about the transportation and disposal of toxic wastewater that's been moved to a Houston suburb from the site of the Ohio train derailment.

In California, renewable natural gas and renewable fuels company Aemetis reported that its revenues for the second quarter of 2022 increased 20% to $65.9 million, compared to $54.9 million during the second quarter of 2021. Net loss was $209,000 for the second quarter of 2022, compared to a net loss of $10.6 million for the […]

Researchers were able to observe stress changes before and during an earthquake induced by hydraulic fracturing in Alberta, Canada, with the help of a phenomenon called seismic anisotropy.

MIT engineers developed a way to make clean ammonia, without fossil-fuel-powered chemical plants, using the Earth as a geochemical reactor, producing ammonia underground.

The news follows the Environmental Protection Agency order to pause shipments from the site of the Feb. 3 derailment in East Palestine to allow additional oversight about where waste was shipped.

Hot, dry rock deep underground could be used to heat water and produce electricity

In California, Aemetis purchased 24 acres, known as "Parcel B" on the Riverbank Industrial Complex site, to develop a Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) injection well. The company plans to construct a characterization well to obtain required data and final injection well design information that will be used for the EPA Class VI CO2 injection […]

Imagine a world where the ground beneath our feet does more than just support us; it fuels our future in a way that's as harmonious with nature as a leaf fluttering to the ground. This is the promise of orange hydrogen, a concept that might sound as if it's been plucked from the pages of a...

The Texas Railroad Commission, which oversees the state's oil and gas industry, has sent investigators to west Texas following a 5.4 magnitude earthquake near Midland

Grant Township has become the poster child for democracy and home rule. Its own state is fighting against it.

The state of Louisiana has set aside $9 million to buy 2,000 acres of swampland in St. James and Lafourche parishes that is partly owned by Charles DeWitt, a former House speaker and Public Service Commissioner. State government is making the purchase for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, wh...

An environmental group is celebrating some recently legal challenges against a proposed injection well in Plum while encouraging others to join the effort. "We're really excited and happy that we have good news to share with the community," Protect PT executive director Gillian Gruber said. "We're making some really good

When Judy Wanchisn was a few years into her fight to stop operation of a fracking injection well in her neighborhood, several people asked why she didn't just move. "This is our family homestead," she said, gesturing to the house and small building adjacent to her home on Sebring Road