Justin Nobel

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Justin Nobel writes on issues of science and the environment for Rolling Stone. His first book,ย PETROLEUM-238: Big Oilโ€™s Dangerous Secret and the Grassroots Fight to Stop It, tells the story of his seven-year investigation into how the U.S. oil and gas industry has avoided environmental regulations and created a dangerous and radioactive public health crisis.

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The oil and gas industry has been using the basin as a free disposal site for decades.

The oil and gas industry has been using the basin as a free disposal site for decades.
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A Q&A with DeSmog reporter Justin Nobel about his revelatory new book, Petroleum-238.

A Q&A with DeSmog reporter Justin Nobel about his revelatory new book, Petroleum-238.
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DeSmog writer Justin Nobelโ€™s new book explores how workers bear the brunt of the oil and gas industryโ€™s hidden contaminated waste.

DeSmog writer Justin Nobelโ€™s new book explores how workers bear the brunt of the oil and gas industryโ€™s hidden contaminated waste.
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The legal battle over a treatment plant built by French multinational Veolia points to a hidden source of oil industry harm.

The legal battle over a treatment plant built by French multinational Veolia points to a hidden source of oil industry harm.
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The move could pave the way for otherwise missing federal oversight for these facilities.

The move could pave the way for otherwise missing federal oversight for these facilities.
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Community groups present health and environmental justice concerns to the EPA, alleging workers at Austin Master Services are coated in dangerous levels of radioactive waste.

Community groups present health and environmental justice concerns to the EPA, alleging workers at Austin Master Services are coated in dangerous levels of radioactive waste.
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Researchers and industry experts are sounding the alarm about the dangers that naturally occurring radiation in liquified natural gas could pose to workers and communities in the U.S. and Europe.

Researchers and industry experts are sounding the alarm about the dangers that naturally occurring radiation in liquified natural gas could pose to workers and communities in the U.S. and Europe.
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An investigation reveals elevated levels of radioactivity not far from a high school football stadium, and accounts from inspectors point to the contaminationโ€™s possible source.

An investigation reveals elevated levels of radioactivity not far from a high school football stadium, and accounts from inspectors point to the contaminationโ€™s possible source.
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A year-long investigation finds a major West Texas disposal site with a patchy record is also importing radioactive oilfield waste from abroad.

A year-long investigation finds a major West Texas disposal site with a patchy record is also importing radioactive oilfield waste from abroad.
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On the evening of February 1, a fire erupted at a West Virginia facility that processes radioactive oilfield waste generated from nearby fracking operations, injuring two workers. A video of the fi...