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 ...

Natural gas companies can keep drilling per usual, say the Environmental Protection Agency's new rules for hydraulic fracturing or, as everybody who's not a government employee refers to it, "fracking ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday that hydraulic fracturing can impact drinking water in some instances, walking back earlier conclusions that the method’s impact on water supplies ...

Hydraulic fracturing to drill for oil and natural gas has not caused widespread harm to drinking water in the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday. But a draft report ...

Hydraulic fracturing to drill for oil and natural gas has not caused widespread harm to drinking water in the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday in a report that also ...

PITTSBURGH — The Environmental Protection Agency has dramatically lowered its estimate of how much of a potent heat-trapping gas leaks during natural gas production, in a shift with major implications ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday it wants to provide more public information about the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, and will look at ...

The Environmental Protection Agency made its most direct statement linking groundwater pollution in Wyoming to fracking since residents filed their first complaints against the controversial drilling ...

The Obama administration Wednesday set the first-ever national standards to control air pollution from gas wells that are drilled using a method called hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," but not ...

WASHINGTON — Hydraulic fracturing to drill for oil and natural gas has not caused widespread harm to drinking water in the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday in a report ...