Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oil and gas is required for many of life's everyday functions. Cars, trains and planes all rely on fuel in order to move people ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) 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.

There is a lot of controversy surrounding the practice of fracking, but this is what it is and how it can save money.

Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of stories reflecting on 20 years of gas drilling in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Twenty years after the first gas well was fracked on the Renz farm in ...

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 ...

A natural gas drilling rig in Greene County, Pa. in 2016. Scientists who study public health say they’re skeptical of a company’s claims that its fracking “Poses No Public Health Risks.” Canonsburg, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Theenvironmental effects of shale gas are varied—wide ranges of ...

Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a process in which oil and natural gas are extracted from underground rock formations. Fracking provides many benefits but has some costly side effects. Fracking ...

On the eve of the Democratic National Convention in 2016, thousands marched in Philadelphia for action to prevent climate catastrophe. Credit: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images Since Vice ...