Drilling and fracking with carbon dioxide is now permanently banned Environmental, public health, and community leaders from across New York are thrilled that Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the ...

“Fracking” is a common name for hydraulic fracturing, which is a process that uses a high-pressure mix of water, chemicals and sand. During the process, a solution of pressurized water, chemicals and ...

In May, the New Mexico Water Quality Commission banned the discharge of fracking wastewater, whether treated or not, off an oil field. The decision — months in the making — was hailed by environmental ...

Dear EarthTalk: I hear there's a greener form of fracking for natural gas and oil that uses carbon dioxide instead of water to access underground reserves. Is this really better for the environment? — ...

Water sales for fracking activities throughout Westmoreland and its neighboring counties represent only a small portion of what is distributed daily to local residential, commercial and industrial ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hydraulic fracturing to drill for oil and natural gas has not caused widespread harm to drinking water in the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday in a ...

DALLAS — Texas is in the midst of a water crisis, and the state is looking everywhere for new sources of clean water. And when we say everywhere, we mean everywhere. The state is inching closer to ...

A view of Big Sewickley Creek downstream from PennEnergy’s proposed water withdrawal site shows erosion control (center) and a portion of the project workspace and parking area (gravel and log on ...

Donald Trump’s pro-fracking policy will boost an industry that threatens Pennsylvanians with radioactive pollution and more. State leaders must stand up for us. Donald Trump’s pro-fracking policy will ...