Hazardous Oil and Gas Waste Poses Risks to New Mexico’s Lands, Rivers, and Agriculture
Toxic oil and gas waste threatens New Mexico lands, rivers, and crops Half-filled above ground produced water tank with oily sludge. The smell from this tank was overwhelming, a very strong diesel-like hydrocarbon smell. These tanks, which are used to provide water to drilling and fracking operations in the Permian Basin, are scattered across the […]