New Bills Seek to Rein In Oil Companies’ Pollution of Oklahoma Groundwater
Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate January 28, 2026 · New Bills Seek to Rein In Oil Companies’ Pollution of Oklahoma Groundwater The legislation comes after The Frontier and ProPublica found over 150 incidents where oilfield wastewater had gushed from the earth, releasing toxic chemicals — including some that cause cancer — near homes and farms and into drinking water sources. Read story More From Our Newsroom How Tennessee’s Speaker of the House Helped Keep a Payday Lender’s Struggling Sports Gambling Company Alive Louisiana Paroles Its Lowest Number of Prisoners in 20 Years Under Gov. Jeff Landry Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence Our Reporting Showed Washington Ranks Last in Green Energy Growth. Now the State Is Working to Speed It Up. Documenting an Alaska Village, Before and After the Storm That Destroyed It Threads Instagram TikTok (Twitter) Masto...