Seventh in a series about the gas industry’s radioactive waste. When John Quigley became the secretary of the Pennsylvania ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – An assessment by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency claims hydraulic fracturing activities pose no threat to public drinking water. On Thursday, the EPA released a draft ...

(Reuters Health) - Several years into the modern “fracking” era in the U.S., there still isn’t enough rigorous research to determine whether or how the practice may threaten human health, according to ...

Is the fracking gold rush that has taken Pennsylvania, Ohio and parts of West Virginia by storm about to come to Maryland? Let’s hope not. A small but growing body of scientific research indicates ...

One in 20 Americans now lives within a mile of a hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” operation, and in addition to the economic and environmental advantages and disadvantages that the oil-drilling ...

Increasing transparency requirements around fracking activity and the specific fluids used in the process are associated with lower pollution levels from that activity, new research shows. A recent ...

Nearly $2 million will be allocated for a look at environmental results. NEW YORK — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will conduct a massive study to investigate any potential ...

(NewsNation) — In the swing state of Pennsylvania, fracking — extracting oil and natural gas from underground formations — is one of the major campaign issues. Due to its economic importance and ...

This program explores contemporary developments and legal issues related to hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") and will analyze the impacts of fracking on property valuation and related legal issues.

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission announced Tuesday that it will be distributing nearly $279 million in fracking impact fees charged to shale gas drillers in 2022, a bump over $234 million ...

A pair of House Democrats say the state should change the way it taxes the fracking industry, a move that would generate billions of dollars of additional revenue for the state. At the same time, the ...