Fracking has contaminated drinking water and strained local water supplies in some circumstances, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found this week in a highly anticipated report.

Water pollution from fracking can happen in variety of ways, including through surface spills and well casing failures. Such accidents are disturbingly common. A fracking boom in North Dakota, for ...

Texas leads the United States in oil and gas production, including producing 43% of the nation’s crude oil and 27% of its ...

Traditional owners and a water scientist want the federal government ... devastated after visiting the site of a 2,000 litre contaminated fracking wastewater spill by Empire Energy-Imperial ...

While oil companies minimize or deny the environmental effects of fracking, water and air contamination, health effects, and the impending threat of climate change are all difficult concerns to ignore ...

West Odessa residents face health risks from oil and gas industry pollution, impacting water quality and safety.

Fracking requires the use of massive quantities of water, and much of this water comes back to the surface contaminated by the elements underground as well as proprietary drilling chemicals added ...

Some of the changes made to the bill included banning PFAS-contaminated water from produced water reuse projects and requiring the disclosure of chemicals used during the fracking process.

Susquehanna County to replace well water contaminated by natural gas fracking, the company announced Wednesday. The project would be funded by a nearly $16.3 million settlement in 2022 between the ...

EID has been widely criticized for spreading misinformation about fracking’s risks, including water contamination, air pollution and health problems. Shepstone has worked to discredit opposition ...