A new state study found that radioactive fracking waste sent to Pennsylvania landfills poses no risk to the public, but ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – More than 9,000 new acres of state-owned land have been made available for fracking, as a result of a ...

A group in Kent is mustering forces to address three bills before the Connecticut Legislature regarding the import and storage of fracking waste water. The proposals are before the Energy & Technology ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Workers in Youngstown, Ohio, unload hydraulic fracking fluids from a tank truck at an injection well, where the toxic waste will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Environmental advocates on Wednesday celebrated a decision by the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission to prohibit the ...

Bev Reed, with the Buckeye Environmental Network, holds a map showing injection well sites near Marietta in southeast Ohio. Hydraulic fracturing, particularly on public lands, has spurred protests ...

In a little-known corner of state government lies the Water Quality Control Commission. It’s supposed to protect clean water, but the governor is directing certain members of the commission to approve ...

After fracking, wastewater called “flowback fluids” returns to the surface and is often injected into underground disposal ...

An alfalfa garden patch grows at the Texas Pacific Water Resources research and development project site outside of Midland. Researchers watered the alfalfa with cleaned produced water from a fracking ...

In May, the New Mexico Water Quality Commission banned the discharge of fracking wastewater, whether treated or not, off an oil field. The decision — months in the making — was hailed by environmental ...

Texas is facing a major water shortage. The state’s population is projected to grow 73% by 2070, while its water supply is expected to shrink by 18%. Already, aging infrastructure is leaking over ...

The state’s two main sources of water — groundwater in aquifers and surface water such as lakes, rivers and reservoirs — are susceptible to depletion from climate change. To combat the state’s looming ...