Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a technique for recovering gas and oil from shale rock. It involves drilling into the ...

The Labour government is moving to impose a total legal ban on fracking in the U.K., ending years of political back-and-forth ...

Oil and gas companies will “pile in” with fracking plans all over the country to exploit a legal loophole if a North ...

The history of noncompliance with the disclosure law fits a decades-long pattern in which oil and gas companies avoid safety ...

U.S. shale oil wells generate 27–45 million barrels of toxic wastewater every day, with shale gas adding billions more gallons annually. Traditional underground disposal is polluting groundwater, ...

Fears that the Trump administration is looking for ways to lift a longstanding ban on fracking for natural gas in the densely populated Delaware River Basin—which includes part of Pennsylvania—have ...

In a little-known corner of state government lies the Water Quality Control Commission. It’s supposed to protect clean water, but the governor is directing certain members of the commission to approve ...

Miliband vows to permanently ban ‘dangerous and deeply harmful’ fracking - The Energy Secretary used the announcement to attack Reform UK, which has called for more extraction of oil and gas.

Trump claims Pennsylvania has 500K fracking jobs - in reality, the figure is a tenth of that - Researcher says ‘fracking is ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Two groups that oppose the reuse and discharge of hydraulic fracturing wastewater have filed petitions seeking ...