What is fracking? You may have heard about the effects this oil and gas extraction technique have on the environment, but its impacts extend far beyond that. Between 2007 and 2016, oil production in ...

Southern Ohio discovers toxic fracking wastewater migrating from deep injection wells, contaminating local groundwater. Fragmented state-level regulations and undisclosed fracking fluid compositions ...

Fracking is an extreme method of oil and gas extraction that involves blasting huge amounts of water — mixed with sand and toxic chemicals — under high pressure deep into the earth. Fracking breaks up ...

Opponents of oil and gas drilling continue to push the notion that hydraulic fracturing associated with drilling is polluting drinking water and posing other health threats, as participants at an anti ...

ALBANY | Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. has become the first major insurance company to say it won't cover damage related to a gas drilling process that blasts chemical-laden water deep into the ...

California oil and gas regulators have formally released their plan to phase out fracking three years after essentially halting new permits for the practice. The California Geologic Energy Management ...

FACTS ABOUT THE CANDIDATES CLAIMS. FRACKING IS A MAJOR INDUSTRY IN PENNSYLVANIA, CREATING THOUSANDS OF JOBS, BUT ALSO CAUSING CONCERNS ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT ...