The Environmental Protection Agency has weighed in on the fracking debate to say, for the first time, that the controversial practice may contribute to groundwater pollution. Fracking, or hydraulic ...

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 report that also ...

A final Environmental Protection Agency report on the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water may be getting more attention for what it doesn't say than what it does. The agency on ...

PITTSBURGH - The Environmental Protection Agency has dramatically lowered its estimate of how much of a potent heat-trapping gas leaks during natural gas production, in a shift with major implications ...

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. But a draft report ...

A letter by Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt and signed by his counterparts in 12 other energy-producing states tells the EPA it should not allow threats of litigation by six Northeast states to ...

PITTSBURGH — The Environmental Protection Agency has dramatically lowered its estimate of how much of a potent heat-trapping gas leaks during natural gas production, in a shift with major implications ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency asked nine "fracking" service providers Thursday to disclose the chemical components they use in the drilling technique for tapping reserves of natural ...