Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gulfport Energy’s Seneca Lake Reservoir freshwater withdrawal pump, Belmont County, Ohio. Credit: Ted Auch, FracTracker Alliance, ...

While fracking is raising concerns in other parts of Ohio and the country, it’s not an issue in Butler County or other areas where the Great Miami Aquifer, which provides drinking water for many area ...

The biggest threat to public health from fracking is water pollution, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency. But in 2005, Congress exempted fracking by oil and natural gas producers from ...

Fracking is an extreme method of oil and gas extraction that involves blasting huge amounts of water — mixed with sand and toxic chemicals — under high pressure deep into the earth. Fracking breaks up ...

The driest summer in more than a decade prompted an Ohio watershed district this summer to take the unprecedented step of limiting the use of water for oil and gas fracking. The restrictions applied ...