WASHINGTON - Drilling and fracking for natural gas don't seem to spew immense amounts of the greenhouse gas methane into the air, as has been feared, a new study says.

LATROBE, Pa. (KDKA) — A new national study from Saint Vincent College digs into whether certain chemicals used in fracking could affect a baby's weight and whether they're born early. "There is ...

A new study concludes communities near sites of hydraulic fracturing, commonly called “fracking,” generally benefit from oil and gas production through the procedure. Examining nine of the largest ...

A new study says fracking, the hydraulic fracturing method of extracting oil and gas from the Earth, might increase the number of asthma attacks for patients living near such gas wells, "PBS Newshour" ...

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, may cause an increase of radon gas in nearby homes. Studies on fracking and radon have produced conflicting results, leading to calls for more research. Austin ...

Some would say there is only one choice between energy or the environment. But energy and environmental interests are often not the archenemies people make them out to be. This has been the case with ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A landmark federal study on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, shows no evidence that chemicals from the natural gas drilling process moved up to contaminate drinking water aquifers ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – A health study cited by leading environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as pivotal in helping persuade Gov. Andrew Cuomo to hold off on plans for limited gas drilling is likely ...

The Science Advisory Board (SAB) of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) told EPA chief Gina McCarthy in a letter that the draft report was comprehensive but was lacking in “certain critical ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - An Oscar-nominated HBO documentary that showed American homeowners near hydraulic fracturing sites setting fire to their tap water may have been the main trigger for a surge in ...

DENVER - Plans for a new study of hydraulic fracturing and its potential effects on drinking water supplies are advancing in Congress amid debate over whether the drilling practice should be federally ...