A coalition of environmental, community and First Nation organizations is calling for the B.C. NDP to broaden a campaign promise to review fracking by instead ordering a full public inquiry.

Re: B.C. shouldn’t allow fracking free-for-all, Opinion, Aug. 16 Ben Parfitt has written a comprehensive article on the hazards associated with earthquakes caused by the fracking process needed ...

The process requires dozens of chemicals for various purposes, including reducing heat and suspending drill cuttings to avoid clogs. Fracking is booming in northeastern BC, where more than 7300 shale ...

B.C.'s fracking industry consumed 5.2 billion litres of water in 2021 The volume of freshwater used by the oil and gas industry in 2021 was enough to fill roughly 2,080 olympic size swimming pools.

Scientists at the University of New Brunswick have expressed concerns about the process’s water consumption. Each fracking well requires enough water to fill from eight-to-24 Olympic-sized swimming ...

Hydraulic fracturing, also known as hydro-fracking or fracking, is a process that involves pumping a mixture of water, sand and chemicals into the ground at high pressure, which creates cracks in ...

The Department of Energy report, released Monday, was the first time an energy company allowed independent monitoring of a drilling site during the fracking process and for 18 months afterward ...

More than 30,000 wells needed over the next 25 years for new LNG export projects, calculates renowned earth scientist David ...

But that review is “incomplete” without also looking at how the oil and gas industry uses water, which is an essential part of the fracking process, noted the open letter. The letter is signed ...

Hydraulic fracturing — “fracking” for short — has been used for decades to free up oil and gas deposits. But its use in shale formations has suddenly become a hot-button issue.

“Most of B.C.’s natural gas is produced using hydraulic fracturing, a process that has been used in northeastern B.C. for decades,” the platform read.