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-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.

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 ...