What is fracking and why is it controversial?

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a technique for recovering gas and oil from shale rock. It involves drilling into the ...
NBC DFW

Has Your Water Been Tainted by Fracking? Scientists Who Said It Was Safe Now Say They Were Censored

Six years ago, Bryan Latkanich agreed to let an energy company tap natural gas beneath his property using fracking. Soon after, the well water at his property in rural Deemston, Pa., started tasting ...
Yahoo

Can Texas clean up fracking water enough to use for farming? One company thinks so.

MIDLAND — On any given day, energy companies across the vast Permian Basin in West Texas inject millions of gallons of water into the dry brown earth, breaking up layers of rock on the hunt for crude ...
Reuters

Fracking with CO2 to replace water a distant goal, GE says

NISKAYUNA, New York, April 7 (Reuters) - Carbon dioxide, used for years to force crude oil out of old wells, likely will not replace water in fracking anytime soon because of technical challenges and ...
The Norman Transcript

Frack water: Is it feasible to drink?

Why is produced water from hydraulic fracturing put back into the ground? Produced water has high salinity, comparable to the Dead Sea in Israel, so it’s not high quality and would be difficult and ...
Herald-Standard

Study shows probable link between Freeport Twp. contamination and fracking

Chemicals found in wells near the site of a 2022 incident in Freeport Township indicate a link to nearby fracking activity, ...