The Labour government is moving to impose a total legal ban on fracking in the U.K., ending years of political back-and-forth ...

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a technique for recovering gas and oil from shale rock. It involves drilling into the ...

On a rainy morning, Mike Frederick showed off the Belle Vernon Municipal Authority’s sewage treatment plant, about 30 miles ...

In a little-known corner of state government lies the Water Quality Control Commission. It’s supposed to protect clean water, ...

People from several southeastern Ohio counties gathered in Columbus earlier this month, holding signs that read things like “No Radioactive Waste” to try to get lawmakers to pay attention to what they ...

U.S. shale oil and gas production generates billions of gallons of toxic wastewater daily, overwhelming disposal methods, ...

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Duquesne University have recently released a publication detailing ...

Frac-outs are relatively rare, but Pennsylvania’s hundreds of thousands of abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells make them ...

Oilfield services firm Schlumberger agreed to sell its North American shale fracking business to rival Liberty Oilfield Services , unloading a unit that underperformed during the shale bust.

Three years after noticing discoloration and odors in their wells, residents in New Freeport are still fighting for clean ...

When Kamala Harris and Donald Trump met on the ABC News debate stage this week, the vice president reiterated her changed energy position, saying she would not institute a "fracking ban" if elected.

New analysis identifies parliamentary areas that could be vulnerable to development for fracking if Nigel Farage’s party were ...