Hydraulic fracturing can contaminate drinking water but has not caused “widespread” impacts, U.S. EPA found in a highly anticipated study released today. Hydraulic fracturing can contaminate drinking ...

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said the study is the first of its kind. In the debate over natural gas drilling, one side says not enough is known about hydraulic fracturing. The other side says there ...

A federal study of hydraulic fracturing set to begin this spring is expected to provide the most expansive look yet at how the natural gas drilling process can affect drinking water supplies, ...

The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it would reconsider a landmark climate finding that cleared the way for regulating planet-warming and polluting greenhouse gas emissions. The ...