A Messy Trail of Toxic Oil and Gas Waste

Inside Climate News · By Kiley Bense · last updated December 21, 2025 – 1:07 AM

Go behind the scenes with managing editor Jamie Smith Hopkins and reporter Kiley Bense as they discuss how Pennsylvania is failing to track toxic oil and gas waste, while the amount sitting in landfills grows every year.

By Kiley Bense

Pennsylvania is ground zero for the fracking boom. It’s increased natural gas production there 37-fold since 2008. That production generates a lot of waste, but the state’s ability to track it has failed to keep up.

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