When I first began writing seriously about environmental issues several years ago, one thing annoyed me above all else: the refusal of many climate scientists to talk about the policy implications of ...

Gov. John Kasich touts gas drilling as bringing jobs to Ohio; both Clevelanders and rural Ohioans need to know more about the risks. Horizontal hydrofracturing -- "fracking" -- is not conventional gas ...

A bill to ban CO2 fracking has passed in both the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate, and now awaits approval on New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's desk. The Assembly bill, sponsored by ...

Democratic lawmakers in Maryland have long been pushing legislation that would issue a statewide ban on hydraulic fracturing, a controversial practice which entails injecting water, sand, and ...

Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) has agreed to allow the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to run tests at drilling sites in order to investigate the risks of hydraulic fracturing on drinking ...

While hydraulic fracking has been around since the late 1940s, it initially didn't prove enormously profitable in extracting gas and oil from rock formations known as shale. That changed in 1997 when ...

“I’m going to change the pace a little from specific regulations and go to just a little bit of higher altitude maybe in terms of policy,” David J. Muchow, president and CEO of Power Anywhere, told ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The trustee of New York’s $150.1 billion pension fund has reached an agreement with Cabot Oil and Gas Corp. to disclose what it’s doing to reduce risks of hydraulic fracturing, or ...

The natural gas companies in the Marcellus Shale region pose two very strong marketing weapons. They have advanced the perception that they offer a real solution to the problem of foreign energy ...

HOUSTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Anadarko Petroleum Corp and EOG Resources Inc have agreed to provide their investors with more information on the potential financial risks the companies face from fracking, ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Shale gas exploration triggered small earthquakes near Blackpool in northwest England earlier this year, UK firm Cuadrilla Resources said, adding to concerns about the safety of a ...