Despite previous claims, contaminated groundwater found in areas of Pennsylvania and Texas was not caused by controversial fracking drills. Instead, the tainted water supplies are being blamed on ...

Fracking firms plan to drill up to 68 shale gas wells in England in the next five years, after being handed new rights to explore across an estimated 4,500 square miles of land. At least 14 of the new ...

Leaks from faulty shale gas and oil wells have contaminated water supplies, but fracking itself is not to blame, scientists say The film Gaslands showed residents near fracking sites who were able to ...

A new study suggests that the contamination of drinking water by shale gas is due to faulty wells and not hydraulic fracturing. Researchers in the US analysed the gas content in 130 water wells in ...

FRACKING could hit North Yorkshire “on an industrial scale” as a leading energy firm says up to 50 wells could end up being used in the region. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire ...

Researchers analysing the genomes of microorganisms living in shale and oil gas wells have found evidence of a genus – the biological rank above species – of bacteria that has never been seen before.

CAMPAIGNERS fear the takeover of an energy firm by a multinational petrochemicals company with fracking licences could revive plans for a gas processing plant near a picturesque tourist village. The ...

David Hookes (Letters, 2 July) argues that roughly 5% leakage would make methane leaking from fracking wells into a more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide from coal burning. Is it possible to ...

A new study in the US's 'fracking capital' Pennsylvania has found that pregnant women who live near gas fracking wells are far more likely to give birth prematurely or develop problems during their ...

Pumpjacks at fracking sites. Drilling deeper for oil and gas has been linked to the increased likelihood of triggering earthquakes, according to a new study (Getty/iStock) Fracking operations that ...

Talks over whether the UK's only fracking wells should be permanently abandoned in three months' time have hit a deadlock. The two wells, in Lancashire, are due to be concreted over by 30 June on the ...

New research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has revealed that women living near fracking wells are at an increased risk of experiencing high-risk pregnancies and giving birth ...