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 ...

A new study published today in the journal Science has uncovered even more evidence that there is a direct link between the process used for hydraulic fracking of underground natural gas and small ...

PITTSBURGH — A landmark federal study on hydraulic fracturing shows no evidence that chemicals from the natural gas drilling process moved up to contaminate drinking water aquifers at a western ...

Fracking — the practice of drilling deep into the earth and cracking through layers of tight shale to extract natural gas — was in the spotlight during last night’s debate between Vice President ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The final report from a landmark federal study on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, found no evidence that chemicals or brine water from the gas drilling process moved upward to ...

Air pollution caused by hydraulic fracturing, a controversial oil and gas drilling method, may contribute to “acute and chronic health problems for those living near natural gas drilling sites,” ...

CHICAGO, IL -- Fracking may worsen asthma in children and adults who live near sites where the oil and gas drilling method is used, according to an 8-year study in Pennsylvania. The study found that ...

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 ...

The research will likely only inflame the ongoing controversy over the safety of fracking, which has launched a natural gas and oil boom in the US while riling up environmentalists who say the ...

I am writing about the Associated Press article “DOE study: Fracking chemicals didn’t taint water.” No, it didn’t say fracking is safe, because what the study looked for wasn’t toxic chemicals, but ...

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 review panel that examined conflict-of-interest charges against the leader of a University of Texas at Austin study on hydraulic fracturing study released a report Thursday that harshly criticized ...