Incredibly comprehensive reporting on what sounds like a massive sleeping giant oil pollution problem going on in Oklahoma right now. Inspiring how so many people in such a defunct regulatory agency nevertheless still kept trying to affect change. I feel sorry for Danny Ray.

Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it. grist.org/accountabili... #OK #Oklahoma #Water #Toxic #Oil

Every oil state disposes of toxic wastewater underground. But in Oklahoma, it hasn't been staying there, creating large, ongoing pollution events known as "purges." An investigation a year in the making for @readfrontier.bsky.social and @propublica.org www.readfrontier.org/stories/toxi...

In Oklahoma, toxic oilfield wastewater – injected at high pressure – is spreading underground, polluting water and blasting to the surface. This is massive public and environmental health crisis. The state can't stop it @propublica.org + @readfrontier.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/okla...

Things have escalated, considerably, since @nickbowlin.bsky.social wrote about the paucity of affordable housing in MT's wealthiest city for @highcountrynews.org

Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil & gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground & threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water. MUST READ @nickbowlin.bsky.social's dive into one of OK's largest, most powerful industries

Toxic salt water keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma. Why isn't the state doing more to stop it? @nickbowlin.bsky.social @readfrontier.bsky.social

📚 What the Floodlight team is reading: Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells in Oklahoma. Regulators failed to stop it, @nickbowlin.bsky.social reports for @propublica.org and @readfrontier.bsky.social:

For years, people working for the state agency charged with regulating Oklahoma’s oil and gas industry have warned about the dangers of high-pressure injection. But agency leaders have not fined any company for wastewater leaks in the last 5 years. @nickbowlin.bsky.social @readfrontier.bsky.social

Bill Pulte is extremely concerned about mortgage fraud and also trying to allow crypto to be used as collateral in mortgage underwriting, which is sure to generate a whole bunch of mortgage fraud. He also owned a bunch of crypto as of January. From James Baratta: prospect.org/economy/2025...

Challenging lazy election postmortems, @nickbowlin.bsky.social cautions against the temptation “to regard rural people as possessing fixed, unchanging political attitudes.” www.thedriftmag.com/easy-to-expl...

Perhaps gauche to quote your own book, but I think CROSSINGS's section on the Roadless Rule gets at something fundamental: that to designate places as roadless is to assert that our national forests have value—for wildlife, for water, for slow recreation—beyond mere timber extraction. #roadecology

Will you be in Bozeman this weekend? I'll be on a panel with the deputy mayor and representatives from HRDC and Bozeman Tenants United to talk about housing and affordability issues. Come join www.eventbrite.com/e/the-toll-o...

Bozeman: Consider coming to a panel @highcountrynews.org is hosting at the Country Bookshelf on Sunday. @nickbowlin.bsky.social, our deputy mayor, and Heather Grenier of HRDC will be discussing the city's housing crisis and spike in homelessness 👇

Montana friends: HCN is hosting a panel discussion this weekend with HRDC CEO Heather Grenier, and Deputy Mayor Joey Morrison in Bozeman. We'll be talking about housing and homelessness issues, as well as my May feature on HRDC's shelter. Sunday, June 1, 4-6 PM at Country Bookshelf. Come join us

My latest for @highcountrynews.org: "A New Majority in Montana Defangs the Far Right". #mtleg #mtpol bit.ly/MTTUSS

another friday, another news dump www.sfgate.com/national-par...

Hard but important #longread from @nickbowlin.bsky.social about Bozeman, Montana. "We see the culmination of a mental health crisis, housing crisis, a wage crisis, a drug crisis.” For @highcountrynews.org www.hcn.org/issues/57-5/...

NEW from me: Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company is operating 35 gas turbines without any pollution permits, belching asthma-worsening emissions into an area that leads Tennessee in ER visits for asthma. www.eenews.net/articles/elo...

For staff at Bozeman’s sole homeless shelter, the need for services has never been greater and the work has never been harder. I spent year talking to shelter staff and residents on the front lines of the West’s housing crisis for @highcountrynews.org www.hcn.org/issues/57-5/...

Billions in federal funds for plugging abandoned oil and gas wells are frozen under Trump's spending cuts, stalling cleanup efforts and job support. States and environmental groups are pushing back. Reporting by @nickbowlin.bsky.social from @highcountrynews.bsky.social 📰

two months after the moss landing battery fire in california, many near the site are still ill — and say the government is not doing enough to find out why they’re sick. is moss landing an “east palestine” moment for the energy transition? i spent weeks investigating to find out. cc @heatmap.news

The Trump administration has cancelled a grant program that funds plugging of orphaned oil and gas wells. The initiative was one of the few tools available to the feds to incentivize states to improve their O&G regulations. new for @highcountrynews.bsky.social www.hcn.org/articles/tru...

really sucks that the capital side of media has decided now is the time to deprioritize reporting on the most precarious and vulnerable people & places objectivejournalism.org/2025/01/adva...

Josie is one of the best, as a human being and as a journalist. I was fortunate to work with her during my years at KPCC (now @laist.com). Glad to support her family's recovery from losing their home, hope you'll consider.

“Legacy news coverage, even though there’s less of it than ever, will drive platform discussion of the fires in the days to come anyway, even if nobody realizes it. That is the plight of your modern journalist.”

New: Facebook is censoring 404 Media stories about Facebook's censorship. Instagram, Facebook, and Threads are removing 404 Media stories for “nudity” as the company is paid to put ads with explicit pornography in front of its users. www.404media.co/facebook-is-...

How much agricultural income do you need to qualify a Montana property for a hefty ag-status property tax discount? A mere $1,500. Critics say that makes it too easy for luxury real estate to qualify.