Brine Truck Dumping on Road in Ft. Worth, TX

Yes, the methods of disposal of fracking waste are several, but one of them is illegal dumping.  It happens not only in Texas, but in Pennsylvania, North Dakota,  and New York, too.

Read more and see some photos here.

Thank you, Vera Scroggins, for bringing this video to my attention. 

PA Roads Sprayed With Drilling Waste

Recent information in the New York Times has revealed that drilling wastewater contains substantially higher levels of radioactive materials than previously disclosed.  Testing of drinking water for radioactive materials has been lax or non-existent at 65 public water intakes downstream from treatment plants that have handled drilling wastewater from the Marcellus Shale. It remains legal for drillers to spray drilling waste (flowback water) on roads in Pennsylvania for ice and dust suppression.  This waste eventually washes into streams.  Proper oversight and testing has not been done in the past, but now the PA DEP is starting to test water downstream from discharge sites.  It's about time.  But it is really too late in many cases.  There is a very high salt content in this waste.  The grass and plant life next to roads is dying and turning brown.

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STOP SPRAYING TOXIC WASTE ON ROADS!

Fracking Hell: The Untold Story

If you have 18 minutes to spare, watch this compelling video, showing the Towanda area of Bradford County, PA.  Hear what scientists, landowners, gas workers, and others have to say about the negative impacts of natural gas drilling.

Dumping Waste Water on Roads: It's Just Not Right!

The photographer wrote:
The above picture is of a Hawg Hauler tanker truck dumping waste water on Blake Ridge. The license number of the truck is AF65647 and the truck number is 125. We have seen many incidents of this type in the past, but this is the first time we were able to get a picture. You can see dark stains on the road and in the ditch from this type of activity. The picture was taken on September 27, 2010.

Wetzel County, West Virginia

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In memory of The Rev. Robert F. Shippee

1922-2010

He loved the Earth.