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 ...

To The Reader’s Forum: Thanks to the Cuomo Adminstration for banning high volume horizontal fracturing (fracking) in NY. If fracking came to my rural neighborhood, this would happen: To frack a well ...

When Jill Hunkler moved back to her home state of Ohio in 2010, she decided to settle down near Barnesville and live off the land. A single mother, she bought a home in the Ohio River Valley “because ...

The Department of Environmental Conservation is, at this time, considering comments from the public concerning the possible use of fracking by the oil and gas industry. As an opponent of this risky ...

You've probably heard about fracking, by now. It's a short-hand term for hydraulic fracturing, a method for extracting natural gas by drilling into shale and pumping a mix of water and chemicals into ...

Pro-fracking ads on TV now rival in frequency the ones for expensive pharmaceuticals we’ll never need. My gut reaction is that anyone who needs to advertise that heavily — or can afford to — must be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Newly installed gas wells dot property at 2020 S. Watson Road, less than one mile from the day care. One day in December, the ...

“There is no oversight,” says Robert Green, who works in southwestern Pennsylvania in an industry that insures that pipelines can appropriately handle the complex and often hazardous fuels and waste ...

Austin Warehime is determined to protect his family and neighbors in Appalachia from the dangers they can't see. A Guernsey County native who returned home, Warehime is an oil and gas attorney for ...