The United States is the largest oil and gas producer in the world. A toxic byproduct of all that drilling — billions of gallons of oil field wastewater — is rising to the surface and threatening communities across Oklahoma. For decades, energy companies have disposed of this briny, chemical-laden fluid by injecting it deep underground. Now, it’s contaminating drinking water, blasting out of old wells and even bubbling through the floor of one family’s dream home. In "Toxic Ground," a new investigative documentary from The Frontier and ProPublica, reporter Nick Bowlin crisscrosses the state to uncover the impact of this environmental crisis on Oklahomans. Oklahoma’s oil field wastewater problem is a stark warning for oil-and-gas-producing states across the country: What happens when over a century of drilling catches up with us? Help us tell the story of how Oklahomans are affected by oil and gas pollution: https://propub.li/4dRXuqt Read the full series here: https://propub.li/4dRF6y0 - ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with moral force. + Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/propublica.org + Follow us on X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/propublica + Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/propublica/ + Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@propublica + Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/propublica + Follow us on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@propublica + Follow us on Mastodon: https://newsie.social/@ProPublica + Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/propublica/ + Donate to support our work: https://propub.li/3WE9AMv + Sign up for our weekly newsletter: http://propub.li/2oyN8DY + Submit a tip: https://www.propublica.org/tips/
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Government will only become legitimate when we establish a firewall to protect governance from lobbying, dark money and industry influence!
That's what gutting environmental regulations in favor of destructive profit gets us.
This is what voting against your interests looks like. "Deregulation" + "Drill baby drill" = disaster for citizens
We are letting corporations destroy our country. The greed has become untenable.
Dude talking about how he was an insurance agent and got denied. Insurance is the biggest scam of the century.
This is why I'm proud to support ProPublica. Thank you. You tell the truth that the greedy oligarchs don't want us to know.
I'm sure the good folks of Oklahoma are proud of the current president who has removed even more regulations so that these problems will cease to bother the oil companies.
In oklahoma, very much an oil and gas state people do not care until it is their house.I can guarantee you that they do not care.It's disgusting
Let's hope the fund to compensate victims will come from the oil and gas companies not taxes or public money!!
Same thing is going on happen with all the data centers
If only there was a way to prevent this from happening.
Billionaires Tax Breaks and deregulation.
The government you elect is the government you deserve. — Thomas Jefferson
How are people supposed to be responsible for their property if the state can’t even handle it! Wtfffff
When your government and bureaucracies work for rich corporations. When they set you up like clay pigeons.
Drill baby drill ☠️
Industry has absolutely destroyed this country🤦♂️
I’m so sorry for your loss. My previously organic farm to table business and my home and health were destroyed by diversified gas and oil. They destroyed my life and five years later I’ve still not recovered. I will be praying for your family. They will stonewall and do what they want. They don’t care about you.
Wow that OCC town hall was INFURIATING
So glad there is no oil in Minnesota. Its not just the people, the land is destroyed, probably for all forseeable time.