Oil companies contaminated a family farm The courts and regulators let the drillers walk away grist.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from grist.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The oil and gas industry has reaped profits without ensuring there will be money to plug and clean up their wells. In Oklahoma, that work could cost more than $7 billion if it falls to the state.
A Uranium Ghost Town in the Making circleofblue.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from circleofblue.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Time and again, mining company Homestake and government agencies promised to clean up waste from decades of uranium processing. It didn’t happen. Now they’re trying a new tactic: buying out homeowners to avoid finishing the job.