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An Old Well Gushed Waste, Not Oil, in a Small West Texas Town – Inside Climate News

Posted on June 12, 2026 by Alan Day

The Railroad Commission of Texas shut down injection wells to control a leak in a church parking lot. But 1.5 million gallons of toxic wastewater still spilled to the surface.

Source: An Old Well Gushed Waste, Not Oil, in a Small West Texas Town | Inside Climate News

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