Tanks of produced water sit outside the Texas Pacific Water Resources research and development project site as they undergo oxidation using hydrogen peroxide outside of Midland. (Eli Hartman For The ...

Environmental officials in New Mexico took initial steps Monday toward regulating the treatment and reuse of oil industry fracking water as the state grapples with scarce water supplies and fossil ...

Several area residents are trying to raise public awareness about the Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority’s interest in treating water from natural gas drilling. Pictured outside the authority gate in ...

When it comes to hydrofracking, it’s the fracturing that gets a lot of the attention, but in fact it’s the hydro part of that is particularly troublesome. Even if fears over the contamination of ...

A possible correlation between fracking and radon has been studied several times, but whether there's a link remains an ...

Why is produced water from hydraulic fracturing put back into the ground? Produced water has high salinity, comparable to the Dead Sea in Israel, so it’s not high quality and would be difficult and ...

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 ...

“California is firmly opposed to any and all new offshore oil drilling and extraction and we will be filing a public comment ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The oil and gas industry is getting another chance to shape the way fracked water is used in an arid New Mexico. Amid outcry from ...

Tony Rutchauskas, speaks out Tuesday night during a public meeting at the Wyoming Valley Sewer Authority in Hanover Township concerning the possible treatment of waste water used in natural gas ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Fracking has burst back on to the national stage in the presidential election contest ...