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These are the first published studies to demonstrate water-quality impacts to a surface stream due to activities at an unconventional oil and gas...

The Barnett Shale contains estimated mean volumes of 53 trillion cubic feet of shale natural gas, 172 million barrels of shale oil and 176 million...

Key nonfuel mineral commodities that support the U.S. economy and national security are increasingly being sourced from outside the U.S., according to...

The uranium oxide is located in sandstone formations throughout the South Texas Coastal Plain, which borders the Gulf of Mexico. The area has long...

Many grassland bird species in the Bakken shale region, including some seriously declining populations, are displaced from their habitats as a result...

The Monterey Formation in the deepest parts of California’s San Joaquin Basin contains an estimated mean volumes of 21 million barrels of oil, 27...

Toxic metals such as iron, lead and arsenic may have helped cause mass extinctions in the world’s oceans millions of years ago, according to recent...

The amount of water required to hydraulically fracture oil and gas wells varies widely across the country, according to the first national-scale...

USGS has released a preliminary methodology to assess the population level impacts of onshore wind energy development on birds and bats. This wind...

The latest coal resource assessment of the Powder River Basin showcases the newly revised USGS’ assessment methodology, which, for the first time...