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

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-the high-pressure injection of water, chemicals and sand into shale ... engine exhaust from increased truck traffic, (2) emissions from diesel-powered pumps used to power equipment ...

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.

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 ...

The United States Geological Survey notes that fracking involves injecting water into bedrock to loosen it and retrieving oil ...

While oil companies minimize or deny the environmental effects of fracking, water and air contamination, health effects, and the impending threat of climate change are all difficult concerns to ignore ...

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 ...

The widespread deployment of hydraulic fracking, which involves drilling ... That creates a logistical challenge for sand and water supply, with more than 10 trucks arriving per hour to deliver ...

The United States Geological Survey notes that fracking involves injecting water into bedrock to loosen it and retrieving oil and gas deposits. "This process is intended to create new fractures in ...