By Bobby Bascomb A recent study reveals a strong connection between three fossil fuel-based industries — oil and gas, ...

Fracking has been blamed for leaking millions of tons of methane, a greenhouse gas that's more potent than carbon dioxide. Fracking is also associated with other airborne hydrocarbons that can ...

That’s the other side of this Jekyll-and-Hyde story: A lot of methane is being burned these days. In the past decade the technology called hydraulic fracturing, “fracking” for short ...

This problem has been highlighted by footage of people in fracked areas accidentally setting fire to methane-laced water from kitchen faucets. Water pollution from fracking can happen in variety of ...

Fracking seems like a quick fix for our energy needs, but it disproportionately harms marginalized communities.

Fracking fluids create contaminants. The fracking process releases methane. The equipment used makes soot. Fragments from the process can harm birds. However, new evidence shows that it could be ...

This problem has been highlighted by footage of people in fracked areas setting fire to methane-laced water from kitchen faucets. Fracking can also expose people to harm from lead, arsenic and ...

A state investigation ultimately concluded that deficient gas wells drilled by Cabot had leaked unfettered amounts of methane into the township’s aquifer. The company was banned from fracking in ...

A contingent of advocates from across Ohio again sent a letter to Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday asking that he pause on fracking ...

The focus on 15 years was primarily because that’s when fracking began to substantially ... including per capita emissions and methane leaks, confirming the accuracy of the claim.

But with the rise of hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) and horizontal drilling in the early 2000s, gas took off—with serious implications for the climate. When leaked into the atmosphere, the main ...

became ground zero in a national debate over fracking — the extraction technique that spurred a boom in U.S. oil and gas drilling — after residents began reporting that methane and drilling ...