Hydraulic fracturing, otherwise known as fracking, is a technique used to extract oil and natural gas from underground shale rock. This process involves injecting a pressurized liquid—mostly ...

NOBLE COUNTY, Ohio (WKRC) - Fracking operations at a site in Ohio were halted in connection to recent earthquakes. According to WFMJ, hydraulic fracturing operations at a well pad in Noble County, ...

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 extraction of gas and oil by fracking—large-scale fracturing of underground rocks by injecting water, sand and ...

In the middle of the longest-running drought in more than a thousand years, Colorado energy companies diverted rising volumes of the state’s freshwater resources for fracking, a new analysis shows.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Oil and gas producers would be allowed to extend fracking operations on state parks and wildlife areas from a maximum of six years to eight, under a bill passed Wednesday by the Ohio ...

Fracking pumpjacks. These pieces of equipment are crucial to oil field and fracking operations. (Getty Images.) Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump both say they don’t want ...

Colorado air regulators withdrew large parts of a draft plan to cut ozone pollution Friday, acknowledging that it underestimated emissions coming from some oil and gas drilling and hydraulic ...

The vote was met by cheers from many in the audience at the meeting who have been voicing their concerns about fracking, most notably the claim that recent research shows a correlation between ...

Mesa County will have party status as the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission considers regulating emissions from hydraulic-fracturing operations. The commission approved late-party status to Mesa ...

India's plans to scale up fracking operations without robust regulations could spell disaster for the country's finely balanced water security, according to research. India's plans to scale up ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There have been discussions around fracking in the U.K. for years, with the government going back and forth on whether to support ...