A Special Report released by the Heritage Foundation in April 2025 has found that New York’s decision to ban the process of hydraulic fracturing (commonly known as “fracking”) for natural gas in 2010 ...

Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pa., will soon look into the health implications of natural gas production in the state’s Marcellus shale thanks to a $1 million grant from the Degenstein ...

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 ...

Researchers said there was no evidence that trace contaminants in drinking water wells came from “deep hydraulic fracturing shale horizons, underground storage tanks, well casing failures, or surface ...

If you report on the environmental issues surrounding hydraulic fracturing and shale natural gas, you’ll hear a certain line from gas industry representatives over and over: there has never been a ...

Beneath the rolling hills of the Appalachian Basin, an ancient rock formation holds what some are calling America’s greatest untapped energy resource. The Marcellus Shale, formed over 400 million ...

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