There is a lot of controversy surrounding the practice of fracking, but this is what it is and how it can save money.

A state regulator has adopted a rule banning the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS or “forever chemicals,” in the fracking process. But advocates pushing for more ...

Bev Reed, with the Buckeye Environmental Network, holds a map showing injection well sites near Marietta in southeast Ohio. Hydraulic fracturing, particularly on public lands, has spurred protests ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – At least one interested driller asked the state to open an additional 4,360 acres of Egypt Valley Wildlife Area and 383 acres of Jockey Hollow Wildlife Area, both in Belmont County, ...

Freshwater use in oil and gas drilling has come under scrutiny in Colorado as the state faces a historic drought. On Wednesday, March 12, state regulators announced new rules that will require ...

Trump is hitting Harris with TV ads about her fracking flip. But the drilling process might not be as important to voters as pundits suggest. If it’s true that support for a fracking ban is surefire ...

HOWE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — John Stewart, vice president of Cameron Energy Co., and Robert Bair, president of the Pennsylvania State Building and Construction Trades Council, are on different sides in the ...

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Though "Promised Land," the new film that takes on the controversial process of "fracking," opens in wide release across the country today, moviegoers in North Dakota's oil patch won't be able to see ...

It may seem like an unlikely place, but the quintessentially English village of Balcombe in the southeastern county of Sussex, has become the scene of an emotional war over fracking. More than a ...

The South Australian government is planning to lift a ban on fracking in the state's South East amid reports of increasing risks to gas supply in southern parts of the nation.