Hydraulic fracturing has reshaped global energy markets by unlocking vast shale gas reserves, delivering economic gains while raising environmental and public health concerns. This balanced analysis ...

Fracking is an extreme method of oil and gas extraction that involves blasting huge amounts of water — mixed with sand and toxic chemicals — under high pressure deep into the earth. Fracking breaks up ...

Is shale gas good for us or not? Most of that argument has been over the potential risks that hydrofracking for shale gas might pose to water supplies—risks that were highlighted again this week when ...

More than 8,000 acres at Egypt Valley Wildlife Area and more than 500 acres at Salt Fork State Park were approved to be fracked during a recent Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission meeting, ...

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, may cause an increase of radon gas in nearby homes. Studies on fracking and radon have produced conflicting results, leading to calls for more research. Austin ...

While the plaintiffs do not argue with New York’s right to ban fracking, they believe that the Fifth Amendment of the ...

In his letter of Jan. 8 ("Anti-pipeline crowd is not being honest"), David Wimberly asserts that people who oppose the Kinder-Morgan pipeline are "dishonest, or worse, seriously ignorant" when they ...