New research shows that injecting wastewater deep underground can cause earthquakes far from the injection site. It also raises questions about which rock layers are the safest injection targets.

Injection wells can induce earthquakes miles away from the well. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2018 / 08 / 180830143220.htm ...

EPA Region 5 proposes to issue an operating permit to O.I.L. Energy Corp. of Traverse City, Mich., to allow it to inject cherry juice processing waste into a deep disposal well. The agency seeks ...

Critics of injection worry that the wastewater won’t be confined to where it’s released, and that it could migrate underground and threaten neighborhoods beyond the well site.