U.S. oil major Chevron plans to increase the use of a technique that allows it to fracture subterranean rock in three wells ...

Hydraulic fracturing is a water-intensive business: Bursting open just one shale gas well can require pumping millions of gallons of water underground. Yet much of the United States' fracking ...

Fracking has contaminated drinking water and strained local water supplies in some circumstances, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found this week in a highly anticipated report.

Water pollution from fracking can happen in variety of ways ... Fracking comes with intense industrial development, including multi-well pads and massive truck traffic. That's because, unlike a pool ...

Fracking comes with intense industrial development, including multi-well pads and massive truck traffic. That’s because, unlike a pool of oil that can be accessed by a single well, shale formations ...