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As New Mexico shakes, state cancels dozens of planned wastewater injection sites

As New Mexico shakes, state cancels dozens of planned wastewater injection sites

‘Guzzler.’ ‘Bottomless Pit.’ ‘Deep Thirst.’ ‘Big Swig.’  More like: ‘No Dice.’ The thirsty well names reflected the hopes of companies to fill them with oilfield wastewater, a problematic and toxic byproduct of the oil trade. But a series of earthquakes in the Permian Basin of New Mexico has prompted the state’s…
September 12, 2024

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