Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A state regulator has adopted a rule banning the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS or "forever ...

From rural Pennsylvania to Los Angeles, more than 17 million Americans live within a mile of at least one oil or gas well. Since 2014, most new oil and gas wells have been fracked. Fracking, short for ...

Ohio is a major importer of fracking wastewater from other states, like Pennsylvania. Environmental experts and elected officials discuss fracking and its impact on public lands.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick’s Liberal government is considering whether it should drop its long-standing ban on extracting ...

Hydraulic fracturing, commonly referred to as “fracking,” is a process of extracting natural gas and oil from several miles deep beneath the Earth’s surface. Over the past decade, fracking has ...

Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is an essential technique in the oil and gas industry, used to extract natural gas and oil from deep underground reservoirs. Traditionally, the process has involved a ...

Clinicians urged to be aware of fracking-related health problems Chemical contamination, community disruption and negative psychological effects among health problems associated with hydraulic ...