Ohio officials approved fracking bids for thousands of acres of public land amid loud protests.

U.S. shale oil wells generate 27–45 million barrels of toxic wastewater every day, with shale gas adding billions more gallons annually. Traditional underground disposal is polluting groundwater, ...

Ohio's oil and gas industry says Senate Bill 219 makes much-needed updates to state drilling laws, though environmental groups say it's a giveaway to the industry.

Fracking and drilling could be coming back to California. Environmental advocates say it could be devastating to wildlife and ...

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 ...

Labour plans to introduce a “total ban” on fracking this autumn, replacing the current moratorium with permanent legislation. Experts say the U.K.’s complex geology makes large-scale fracking unviable ...

North Texans concerned about oil and gas drilling in the Barnett Shale plan to present new findings to the Arlington City ...

Grist on the information vacuum around fracking We still don't know that much about hydraulic fracturing, says Richard Schiffman, who lists the concerns about the drilling practice, and the lack of ...

South Africa needs energy. That much is beyond dispute. But the real question is whether unlocking shale gas in the Karoo is ...

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, may cause an increase of radon gas in nearby homes. Studies on fracking and radon have produced conflicting results, leading to calls for more research. Austin ...