West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey was in Wheeling on Thursday, where he signed HB 3336-- a bill that changes the quality of the modern-day water system. "This is how we win in West Virginia,” he ...

Hawk Dunlap stands at the site of Lake Boehmer, a brine lake that has leaked out of an old well in Pecos County. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality received $10 million from lawmakers in ...

At around 3% the actual cost of plugging the average well, this is egregiously low. Because plugging conventional wells can be difficult, when unexpected complications arise, companies often decide it ...

In arid West Texas, water seeps and bubbles from old wells, sometimes carrying oil, brackish water or other pollutants to the surface. But the real danger lies underground — where oil, salt and toxic ...