In 1643, Evangelista Torricelli used a tube of mercury to first measure pressure. In 1897, German mechanical engineer Rudolf Diesel invented the diesel engine with financial help from the Krupp family ...

Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a process in which oil and natural gas are extracted from underground rock formations. Fracking provides many benefits but has some costly side effects. Fracking ...

The acreages that make up the Wayne National Forest in Southeastern Ohio are a patchwork of land parcels which lie in 12 Ohio counties. In the 1800s, the region was heavily logged to supply wood for ...

CRANE COUNTY, Texas — There’s one thing you won’t find at the Antina Ranch: cows. That’s because test showed Antina’s main water well was tainted with contaminants such as benzene, chloride, sulfate ...

A new environmental lawsuit puts a spotlight on what critics describe as Ohio’s dangerous love affair with fracking, highlighting how the state’s permissive regulations have allowed toxic waste to be ...

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, may cause an increase of radon gas in nearby homes. Studies on fracking and radon have produced conflicting results, leading to calls for more research. Austin ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. A persistent effort to change New Mexico’s water regulations to allow for the reuse and discharge of treated ...

Pennsylvania is one of the few states that has specified a right to clean water in its constitution. However, a recent study has linked contaminated drinking water to fracking activity in communities ...

U.S. shale oil wells generate 27–45 million barrels of toxic wastewater every day, with shale gas adding billions more gallons annually. Traditional underground disposal is polluting groundwater, ...

The chicks from Ohio’s fossil fuels-based energy policy have grown up quickly and are coming home to roost. In Washington County, Marietta area residents have been meeting with local city and county ...

Donald Trump’s pro-fracking policy will boost an industry that threatens Pennsylvanians with radioactive pollution and more. State leaders must stand up for us. Donald Trump’s pro-fracking policy will ...