The tiny South Texas town of Nordheim is reaping the costs of fracking in the Eagle Ford Shale, but few of its profits. In the first of an occasional series on the social costs of the oil boom, “Fractured State,” Alex Hannaford examines how open-air waste disposal pits are threatening to tear the town apart.
Photos by Jen Reel
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