Ohio regulators have shut down four fracking waste injection wells amid growing fears that migrating brine could contaminate ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ohio regulators spurred four Washington County injection wells that receive fracking waste to stop operating after determining they may be tainting nearby oil and gas wells. The ...

Millions of gallons of radioactive fracking brine pumped underground at high pressure are migrating toward drinking water ...

New Mexico environment officials are pushing to establish limits on contaminants found in wastewater left over from fracking ...

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 ...

The research adds to other environmental issue relating to hydraulic fracturing. The fracking process involves the injection of millions of gallons of freshwater and chemicals into shale. While most ...

As a community organizer and environmental activist for over 15 years, I’ve often used the metaphor that “we are spinning on a hamster wheel.” That phrase gets mixed reactions. Some nod in agreement, ...

The congressional amendment sought to overturn a fracking prohibition that protects water used by millions of people. Critics ...

The fracking boom remade the U.S. economy and global energy markets. It also left behind a complicated legacy of winners, ...

Fracking a gas well requires up to 6 million gallons of water—but that's not as bad as it soundsJason Janik/Bloomberg via Getty Images When it comes to hydrofracking, it’s the fracturing that gets a ...

Activists have expressed concern about water security after losing an environmental lawsuit seeking to force government ...