Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has been a significant issue in the 2024 presidential race between former President Trump ...

The fracking process, which involves injecting water, chemicals and sand into shale rock at high pressure to extract natural gas, has revolutionized the oil and gas industry by allowing producers ...

Texas leads the United States in oil and gas production, including producing 43% of the nation’s crude oil and 27% of its natural gas in 2023. Yet its cornerstone industry could be straining the ...

Noble County was suddenly the sight of dozens of small earthquakes this year after fracking operations started in Buffalo ...

Fracking proponents also point to the decrease in utility bills due to the shale gas boom. Weber said there’s no dispute about that. “The explosion of natural gas production from the ...

AP Casey repeatedly co-sponsored the Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act, which would give the Environmental Protection Agency much more power over the fracking process.

LOST HILLS, CA - MARCH 24: The sun rises over an oil field over the Monterey Shale formation where gas and oil extraction using hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is on the verge of a boom on ...

Fracking is a process in which liquids and other materials are injected into the ground at high pressures in order to create small fractures which allow workers to then extract liquids, energy ...

Fracking is intrusive to our water, affecting both human and animal life. It would degrade the natural forest by the development of access roads and create wastewater from the fracking process.

Hydraulic fracturing, as it’s more formally known, pumps millions of gallons of water mixed with sand and chemicals down into oil and gas wells. The process causes cracks in petroleum-bearing rock, ...

MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- Amid the growing water shortage in West Texas, the Texas Legislature has given oil and gas companies the opportunity to reuse wastewater created during the oil fracking ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – State officials who will rule on whether to allow additional fracking in Salt Fork State Park and two other preserved, wildlife areas received nearly 600 public comments about ...