Brine from fracking can be saltier than seawater and contain numerous chemicals from the fracking operation, as well as radium, a radioactive metal.

FracFocus, a data clearinghouse, has some data on the composition of fracking fluids, but reporting is voluntary. According ...

ATHENS, Ohio— A new Bureau of Land Management plan to open 40,000 acres of the Wayne National Forest to fracking for oil and gas looks almost identical to one a federal judge rejected in 2020. The ...

A Texas-based company was chosen as the “highest and best” to lease land in Leesville Wildlife Area in Carroll County for ...

Sprucing up: The biggest state park in Ohio is getting a $9.6 million makeover, funded by leases for fracking underneath it. As Jake Zuckerman reports, the Ohio Controlling Board released the ...