The estimated impact on water quality is more pronounced during the period when wells generate large amounts of flowback and produced water, and where water monitors are closest to wells....
Landowner revenue and industry output would increase by hundreds of millions of dollars if private mineral leases were allotted via open, transparent auctions.
Infants born within about 2 miles of a fracking site are more likely to be classified as low birth weight, but there is no evidence of compromised infant health at...