Ohio Justices Revive Fracking Waste Spat After Well Shutdown

An Ohio appeals court must reconsider a spat between a fracking waste disposal company and a state agency that suspended operations at one of the company’s wells following two earthquakes, the state Supreme Court said Wednesday.

The 11th District Court of Appeals’ ruling was outside the scope of the instructions the Supreme Court gave when it first sent the case back in 2020, the justices stated in their unanimous opinion. They said the appeals court didn’t consider the evidence on whether the state’s order to shut down a brine injection well operated by AWMS Water Solutions LLC constituted the ...