hydraulic fracturing

New study examines impacts of fracking on water supplies worldwide

Credit: Rosa, et al. (2018) Using hydraulic fracturing to extract oil and natural gas from shale is a common technique…

7 years ago

Hydraulic fracturing negatively impacts infant health

Map: Locations of births and fractured wells in Pennsylvania. Credit: Currie, Greenstone, Meckel, Sci. Adv. 2017;3: e1603021 From North Dakota…

7 years ago

Pennsylvania watershed contaminated with radioactive material and endocrine-disrupting chemicals

Hydraulic fracturing has enabled a domestic oil and gas boom in the USA, but its rapid growth has raised questions…

7 years ago

Lawsuit accuses Range Resources and lab of doctoring water test results

This July 27, 2011 file photo shows a farmhouse in the background framed by pipes connecting pumps where the hydraulic…

8 years ago