New natural gas discoveries in shale rock formations and rapid technological advances to recover the gas have improved the U.S. domestic energy outlook. The nation’s domestic natural gas reserves are ...

Like a fish story, the “Halliburton loophole” grows a little with every telling. It has grown to be an all-purpose bogeyman for environmentalists raging against hydraulic fracturing. And in a new ...

E&E News reports that a father and son who own the mineral rights to 164 acres of land in upstate New York are suing the ...

Hydraulic fracturing, popularized about a decade ago, has helped unlock hydrocarbons trapped in tight shale formations, spawning a vast web of rigs, wells and energy infrastructure across the country.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The revelation this month from Physicians for Social Responsibility that the oil and gas industry in Colorado has been using a chemical that will eventually ...

Update, January 11, 2012: It appears that hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is not be the cause of the Youngstown quakes. The well that was shut down was one used to inject wastewater into the ground, ...

FIRST ON FOX: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s presidential campaign walked back his promise to ban hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, as part of his plan to combat plastic pollution. In a ...

There’s been a welcome development in California’s fight against climate change: Regulators are saying no to the oil industry. Earlier this year, state oil and gas regulators quietly began denying ...

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday took action to ban new permits for hydraulic fracturing starting in 2024, halting the controversial oil extraction method reviled by environmental activists, ...

PRESTON NEW ROAD, PRESTON, LANCASHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM - 2018/06/28: Two local Anti Frack Protesters hold placards on a main road to highlight the claims that Fracking causes contamination of water, ...