CPD opens investigation into alleged Jack’s incident
Columbus Police Department has officially opened a criminal investigation into the alleged serving of contaminated food at Jack’s restaurant on Highway 45.
Study: Leaky wells, not fracking, taint water
The drilling procedure called fracking didn’t cause much-publicized cases of tainted groundwater in areas of Pennsylvania and Texas, a new study finds. Instead, it blames the contamination on problems in pipes and seals in natural gas wells.
Texas: Can’t tie water contamination to drilling
The amount of explosive gas tainting a North Texas neighborhood’s water supply has increased in recent years, but the state’s oil and gas regulator says it can’t link the methane to drilling activity nearby, according to a report it released Wednesday.
Six tanks at Hanford nuclear site in Wash. leaking
Six underground tanks that hold a brew of radioactive and toxic waste at the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site are leaking, federal and state officials said Friday, prompting calls for an investigation from a key senator.