Just two years after oil fracking was formally banned in California, and five years after fracking approvals ended, Kern ...

Five years ago, The Heartland Institute set out to correct some misperceptions about the hydraulic fracturing process (commonly known as “fracking”) that had gained traction in the opinions of a ...

The natural gas boom in North Texas is not only producing energy and jobs, it’s also sparking action in the state legislature regarding hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in the energy-rich Barnett ...

MARIETTA, Ohio (WCMH) — The federal government sold oil rights in Ohio’s only national forest for $11 million this month, opening it up to fracking. On Sept. 15, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) ...

The composition of fracking wastewater and the ramifications of recycling or reusing wastewater produced by the fracking process have not been closely scrutinized. In addition to detailing the method ...

Increasing transparency requirements around fracking activity and the specific fluids used in the process are associated with lower pollution levels from that activity, new research shows. A recent ...

New research compares the health impacts of fracking on either side of the New York and Pennsylvania border and found that people who live in areas with a high concentration of fracking wells are at ...

ARLINGTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) - Research from a group of students and professors at the University of Texas at Arlington is leading to new technologies that will make the use of water during fracking ...

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar is on record as saying that hydraulic fracturing methods to extract oil and gas “can be done safely,” but he’s not overly impressed with varying state rules ...