Fracking pumpjacks. These pieces of equipment are crucial to oil field and fracking operations. (Getty Images.) Let’s say you, like roughly 45% of Ohioans, rely on groundwater wells to provide a ...

Cathy Cowan Becker, Jess Grim, Jenny Morgan, Loraine McCosker, Terri Sabo, Anne Sparks and Melinda Zemper are steering committee members of Save Ohio Parks. A March 31 Dispatch article on Ohio’s gas ...

Former government officials say the state isn’t doing enough to regulate fracking waste, even as new research shows it’s far ...

Proposal to circumvent decade-old NY fracking ban threatens mass poisonings, water contamination, earthquakes, and increased pollution “Southern Tier Solutions’ desperate scheme to bring fracking back ...

Nov. 5—GROVE CITY — A retired pediatrician spoke Oct. 24 about the dangers of drilling through hydraulic fracturing, including its health risks, environmental impact and security risks. The event, ...

New research suggests fracking waste could contain huge amounts of lithium, a main ingredient in batteries. But fracking will never be part of a clean energy future. New research suggests fracking ...

Fracking, earthquakes and the coal-ash waste pond: They were not far from Stevens’ mind when geologists at the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources, or DENR, said publicly last month ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part one of a four-part series. Jose Gonzalez* wore no mask, despite the toxic chemicals he worked with in the oil field. “One ...

New York State lawmakers voted Wednesday to pass a bill prohibiting carbon dioxide fracking, expanding the state’s decade-old fracking ban. The bill—which amends the existing environmental ...

Fracking is not legal in North Carolina, but legislation is slated to be introduced as early as Monday that would overhaul the state's oil and gas laws. "When it's done right, it will be composed of ...

The recent and tragic death of former Dallas High School football player John Jones III who was killed in a collision by a natural gas drilling vehicle from Arizona, driven by a man from Texas serves ...

Let’s say you, like roughly 45% of Ohioans, rely on groundwater wells to provide a constant supply of clean, safe drinking water. Now suppose, unbeknownst to you, an exceptionally toxic cocktail of ...