House Republicans are eying a process called reconciliation to boost oil and gas drilling, and approve specific mining projects, which would only require a simple majority for passage. House Natural ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — More than 100 protests against the natural gas drilling process known as fracking are scheduled to take place around the world on Saturday, building on public concerns but also ...

The political process,” and not environmental law, governs the development of a Delaware-sized oil and gas field in central Wyoming, drilling companies argue in an ongoing lawsuit that challenges the ...

Last week, a study found that drilling activities at a number of natural gas wells in Pennsylvania emit 100 to 1,000 times more methane into the the atmosphere than the Environmental Protection Agency ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Demonstrators in the United States and other countries protested Saturday against the natural gas drilling process known as fracking that they say threatens public health and the ...

Earthquakes from the oil and gas drilling process have made Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico and Arkansas nearly as quake-prone as naturally high-hazard areas of California, a report from ...

The Environmental Protection Agency issued the first-ever national air pollution regulations for fracking on Wednesday. First proposed in July 2011, the final rules have been welcomed by environmental ...

Federal environment officials investigating drinking water contamination near the ranching town of Pavillion, Wyo., have found that at least three water wells contain a chemical used in the natural ...

PHILADELPHIA, Sept 30 (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania town that has become symbolic in the debate over the safety of the natural gas drilling process known as fracking will get a new public water supply to ...

Elevated levels of chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects, infertility and other health impacts have been found in water samples taken from places in Garfield County where spills of natural gas or ...