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In Ohio, Toxic Wastewater Is Bubbling Up Out of the Ground

The state is a major importer of fracking wastewater, which gets pumped underground but doesn’t always stay there. The city of Marietta is fighting back.

© Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times

The wastewater, which can be radioactive, has risen to the surface through older oil and gas wells near Marietta, Ohio, such as this one.

Why Is Europe the Fastest-Warming Continent

24 June 2026 at 18:59
The burning of fossil fuels is raising temperatures worldwide, but local factors, on land and at sea, determine which regions warm most rapidly.

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Morning commuters on the London Bridge on Wednesday, where temperatures reached 96 degrees Fahrenheit, the hottest recorded June day in the United Kingdom.
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