The timing of the release of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality’s report on groundwater availability last month was suspicious, given that it was completed in January but not made available to lawmakers or the public until several months after the General Assembly’s legislative session. The science presented in the report is impressive, while its […]
Among the many environmental, energy and economic concerns about the unconstrained spread of data centers in Virginia, the impact on drinking water supplies has ranked fairly low. That changed suddenly last week, with the release of a report that the administration of Gov. Abigail Spanberger seems to have tried to suppress.   In compliance with legislation […]
Southeastern Ohio has a serious problem underground. Now that problem is reaching the surface and threatening our drinking water. As a petroleum geologist, my job is to understand the rock layers deep underground and how fluids move through them. In Washington County, Ohio, toxic, radioactive waste from failed fracking waste disposal wells is surfacing where […]
No resource is more critical to our state’s future than water. Our agricultural industry relies on it. So does our oil and gas industry. And all Oklahomans need it for drinking, cooking and bathing. Yet the state agency entrusted with ensuring that our water resources are being managed appropriately is dispatching a clear SOS that […]
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality released its 117-page legislative report on the state’s groundwater supply east of Interstate 95 this week, which revealed significant levels of strain on the eastern aquifers that could put clean drinking water at risk. “Groundwater supply east of I-95 is constrained, and current projections indicate declining availability in the […]
