PITTSBURGH (AP) — The final report from a landmark federal study on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, found no evidence that chemicals or brine water from the gas drilling process moved upward to ...

Chemicals found in wells near the site of a 2022 incident in Freeport Township indicate a link to nearby fracking activity, according to a recent report by researchers from the University of ...

CASPER — A state investigation released Monday found no evidence linking fracking to contaminated groundwater east of Pavillion, confirming conclusions published in a previous water quality study. The ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — New research in Pennsylvania demonstrates that it’s hard to nail down how often natural gas drilling is contaminating drinking water: One study found high levels of methane in some ...

The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Science Advisory Board produced this month a draft of proposed revisions to a 2015-issued report, and in it echoed Texas anti-fracking plaintiffs' concerns ...

Pennsylvania is one of the few states that has specified a right to clean water in its constitution. However, a recent study has linked contaminated drinking water to fracking activity in communities ...

When it comes to hydrofracking, it’s the fracturing that gets a lot of the attention, but in fact it’s the hydro part of that is particularly troublesome. Even if fears over the contamination of ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency just released a draft report implicating hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, with groundwater contamination in Pavillion. Our story about this, which will ...

The Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission approved several wildlife areas and other public lands for hydraulic fracturing. Also known as fracking, the process uses pressurized water, sand and ...