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 ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Hydraulic fracturing to drill for oil and natural gas has not caused widespread harm to drinking water in the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday in a ...

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 ...

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, ...

California’s Geologic Energy Management Division is in the midst of finalizing regulations to ban fracking across the state, which will officially go into effect on October 1. The department submitted ...

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 ...