PITTSBURGH — 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 ...

Ohio is a notoriously difficult state for building renewable energy. Many counties ban wind and solar outright, but even in ...

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 ...

Any industrial activity near water reserves could, in principle, cause contamination. Isotope hydrology offers a unique combination of methods to monitor water quality and trace the source of ...

A University of Colorado study concluding that certain birth defects are as much as 30 percent more common among mothers living near natural gas wells has come under question by the Colorado ...

Natural gas production has ballooned in West Virginia and the surrounding areas from fracking, but it is not without its problems. The families of four Wetzel County children have sued a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday told the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider Colorado’s plan for improving its air quality because ...

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says some anti-fracking protesters at a consultation session on the province's onshore gas ...

JOHNSON COUNTY, Texas — For Texas farmers and ranchers, clean land and water aren’t luxuries — they’re lifelines. But a new state law has farmers and environmental advocates raising serious concerns.

Despite the control measures and regulations in place, industrial water pollution is still a problem in the United States. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found that thousands of ...

Fracking is an extreme method of oil and gas extraction that involves blasting huge amounts of water — mixed with sand and toxic chemicals — under high pressure deep into the earth. Fracking breaks up ...

This story was originally published by The Allegheny Front, a public radio program covering environmental issues in Western Pennsylvania. On a rainy morning, Mike Frederick showed off the Belle Vernon ...