Hydraulic fracturing (HF) has become an important tool in deep underground mining, particularly in hard-rock metal mines ...

Researchers at the University of Texas-Arlington’s Collaborative Laboratories for Environmental Analysis and Remediation have conducted a study on ambient emissions at hydraulic fracturing sites in ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday that hydraulic fracturing can impact drinking water in some instances, walking back earlier conclusions that the method’s impact on water supplies ...

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy has released the fourth in its What If… series of studies looking at the impact hydraulic fracturing, commonly called “fracking,” has ...

FILE - In this June 25, 2012 file photo, a crew works on a gas drilling rig at a well site for shale based natural gas in Zelienople, Pa. The oil and gas drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing, ...

Hydraulic fracturing involves injecting fluids and chemicals into wells under high pressure to crack open geological formations and improve the flow of oil and gas. Whether the practice contaminates ...

In the middle of the longest-running drought in more than a thousand years, Colorado energy companies diverted rising volumes of the state’s freshwater resources for fracking, a new analysis shows.

The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday that it cannot decisively say if fracking poses a threat to drinking water after saying in a previous draft that it did not pose any harm, according to ...

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 ...

Oil and gas is required for many of life's everyday functions. Cars, trains and planes all rely on fuel in order to move people around, leaving many dependent on them. Many also rely on gas and fuel ...