A new study will examine the effects of the increased use of hydraulic fracturing on freight transportation distribution patterns to give better information to freight transportation planners and ...

The aquifer supplying Springfield’s water is shielded from any possible effects of fracking in northeast Ohio’s Utica shale, according to a local expert. Hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers are concerned about the health outcomes of people living near fracking in the Peace River valley, reviewing more than ...

ARLINGTON, TEXAS — In early December, drilling resumed near Mother’s Heart Learning Center. Newly installed gas wells dot property at 2020 S. Watson Road, less than one mile from the day care. One day ...

Work continues at a shale gas well drilling site in St. Mary's, Pa., March 12, 2020. Five years after a landmark Pennsylvania grand jury report slammed the Department of Environmental Protection for ...

For years, fracking has been a hot topic of debate in the United States. The process works by drilling deep below the earth’s surface and extracting gas by injecting a high-pressure water mixture that ...

Opponents of the plan said they would meet this week to decide what, if any, further action they would take to prevent the ...

The Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill is located in Rostraver Township, Pa. On a rainy morning, Mike Frederick showed off the Belle Vernon Municipal Authority’s sewage treatment plant, about 30 miles ...

Five years after a Pennsylvania grand jury made eight recommendations to protect public health and the environment from fracking, the state has largely failed to follow through, five environmental ...

Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pa., will soon look into the health implications of natural gas production in the state’s Marcellus shale thanks to a $1 million grant from the Degenstein ...

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