PITTSBURGH (AP) — The final report from a landmark federal study on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, found no evidence that chemicals or brine water from the gas drilling process moved upward to ...

File - Work continues at a shale gas well drilling site in St. Mary's, Pa., March 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File) This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and ...

WHITELEY, Pa. -- Fishermen are gearing up and hunters are taking aim -- for Marcellus Shale gas drilling. A new coalition of outdoors groups is emerging as a force in the debate over natural gas ...

Hydraulic fracturing -- the drilling technique that taps into the vast gas reserves of the Marcellus Shale -- may be banned for now in gas-rich, cash-poor upstate New York, but it's remaking the ...

Scientific and political disputes over drilling Marcellus shale for natural gas have focused primarily on the environmental effects of pumping millions of gallons of water and chemicals deep ...

NEW YORK, Oct 1 (Reuters) - New York State's proposed new environmental rules allowing drilling for natural gas in the multi-state Marcellus Shale formation face opposition from environmentalists and ...

Sen. Bob Casey, D-PA, is campaigning against hydraulic fracturing in natural gas drilling by introducing a bill to remove the long-standing exemption in the Safe Drinking Water Act that allows energy ...

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Preface -- Abstract -- Introduction and background. Basic geology. Geologic framework ; Geologic structure ; Formation of black shale ; Marcellus boundaries -- Petroleum and natural gas formation.