Article posted Thursday, September 27, 2012 9:54am

150,000

Number of injection wells holding toxic waste nationwide

10 trillion

Gallons of fluid in those wells

1,000

Number of times over three years operators pumped waste into those wells at pressure strong enough to fracture rock

140

Cases in which waste was injected illegally or without a permit

Number of Republicans in Greenpeace’s ranking of the three “greenest” presidents (Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Teddy Roosevelt)

Number of teams who appeared in the last four Super Bowls that would have missed the playoffs if they lost one more regular season game

1:38:59

Ed Whitlock’s time in a half marathon in Milton, Ontario Sept. 15, a new record for runners age 80 and above (Whitlock is 81)

Sources: ProPublica; NFL.com; Runner’s World; Treehugger.com