Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a method of extracting natural gas by blasting underground rock with water, sand and chemicals. People are protesting its use, saying fracking causes “yellowed ...

It didn't seem possible, but fracking's terrible public relations problems just got a whole lot worse. The pollution from fracking sites could be worse than we thought, and state efforts to protect ...

Colleen O’Neil, of the Mountain Watershed Association, fixes a crooked sign posted near a landfill's discharge pipe that flows into Sewickley Creek in Yukon, Pa. This article originally appeared on ...

Clinicians urged to be aware of fracking-related health problems Chemical contamination, community disruption and negative psychological effects among health problems associated with hydraulic ...