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The finding is likely to shape how the U.S. regulates and develops natural gas resources across the eastern Appalachians

A small number of cancer cases would result from scanning hundreds of millions of passengers a year. For some, that's a health issue

A U.S. Department of Energy panel warns of the environmental and public health toll of current gas drilling practices.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finds fracking compounds in environmental monitoring wells

Experts say the dose from the backscatter is negligible when compared with naturally occurring background radiation, but a linear model shows even such trivial amounts increase the number of cancer cases

The federal agency will issue fracking wastewater rules to strengthen state-level standards

New testing methods could prove the FBI’s case against Bruce Ivins--or lead to other suspects

Major power outages have more than doubled in the last decade

The health impacts of the aftermath of natural gas production remain largely unexplored

Three former members of the NRC's Office of the Inspector General charge that the independent watchdog no longer challenges the industry

Problems with emergency equipment and disaster procedures are far more pervasive than publicly described

Despite being classified as a carcinogen, formaldehyde may remain loosely regulated

The safety of spent fuel pools, as at the Fort Calhoun plant outside Omaha, has been an issue since the accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant

Nursing homes are unnecessarily administering powerful antipsychotic drugs to many elderly residents, including those with dementia who could suffer life-threatening side effects, according to a new government watchdog report.

Old holes made in search of oil and gas have been abandoned but may be providing paths for contamination to creep up

Only about 20 percent of coroners have forensics certification, and most face limited resources and large workloads, according to a new investigation

Policymakers and the energy industry have been looking to natural gas in recent years as a more climate friendly fuel with half the greenhouse gas emissions of coal, but EPA research is casting doubt on that plan

On Thursday BP began using the chemical compounds to dissolve the crude oil, both on the surface and deep below, deploying an estimated 100,000 gallons

The global oil giant responsible for the fast-spreading spill in the Gulf of Mexico is no stranger to major accidents

Why is formaldehyde still listed by the EPA as a probable rather than a known carcinogen, despite major scientific research linking it to leukemia and other forms of cancer?

Wastewater from natural gas drilling in New York State is radioactive, as high as 267 times the limit safe for discharge into the environment and thousands of times the limit safe for people to drink

A new environmental review from New York State details some of the issues surrounding drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus shale

A spate of water contamination problems in Pennsylvania have been linked to new natural gas drilling in the state

Federal environment officials investigating drinking water contamination have found that at least three water wells contain a chemical used in the natural gas drilling process of hydraulic fracturing