Five years ago, The Heartland Institute set out to correct some misperceptions about the hydraulic fracturing process (commonly known as “fracking”) that had gained traction in the opinions of a ...

Drilling Fracking Rig overlooking a vast valley in Northern ColoradoFracking Oil Well is conducting a fracking procedure to release trapped crude oil and natural gas to be refined and used as energy ...

The N.C. Mining and Energy Commission is set to hold its last regular meeting Wednesday before the state’s proposed safety standards for fracking are taken to public hearings in community auditoriums ...

What the EWG report does is note the similarities between chemicals used in fracking now with diesel fuel, the use of which is more strictly regulated. EWG contends that companies are using fluids ...

ANNAPOLIS — The commission examining hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in Maryland has about five months left in its study to determine if — and how — the natural gas extraction practice can be done ...

WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) - After a series of high-profile natural gas drilling spills, the U.S. Energy Department named a panel to recommend ways to improve the safety of hydraulic fracturing, or ...

It's like the Wild West. A land grab is under way in Ohio by the oil and gas companies. More than 30 companies are studying the economic boom that fracking swaths of shale would yield. How about first ...

“With recent advances in extended reach horizontal drilling, combined with the time-tested technology of hydraulic fracturing – a process in use for more than 60 years – we can now find and produce ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— California’s oil and gas regulator submitted its final regulations banning hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to the state’s Office of Administrative Law on Monday. This is the ...