Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a method of extracting oil and natural gas from dense rock or sand where traditional drilling is not an option. Due to the nature of fracking, costs are higher ...

A Special Report released by the Heritage Foundation in April 2025 has found that New York’s decision to ban the process of hydraulic fracturing (commonly known as “fracking”) for natural gas in 2010 ...

Oil and gas is required for many of life's everyday functions. Cars, trains and planes all rely on fuel in order to move people around, leaving many dependent on them. Many also rely on gas and fuel ...

Hydraulic fracturing, commonly referred to as “fracking,” is a process of extracting natural gas and oil from several miles deep beneath the Earth’s surface. Over the past decade, fracking has ...

Of course, none of these things, as we’ll show in a bit, are true, but the unscientific stories with their sensationalist headlines written and promoted by anti-fracking activists have done much ...

Ten years ago, New York passed a landmark ban on hydraulic fracking, the destructive process of using large volumes of freshwater laced with chemicals to extract methane gas, a dangerous fossil fuel.

After a recent Denver Post editorial made claims about a harmful chemical being used in the fracking process, Colorado’s natural gas and oil industry would like to respond. We couldn’t agree more with ...

I want to like hydraulic fracturing technology in oil and gas drilling. Why? Well, because I enjoy driving my car, living in a warm house, cooking on a gas stove, watching Top Shot, Project Runway and ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. PROVO, UT — On Monday, The New York Times wrote about an “unlikely resistance” building in “energy-friendly” Greeley ...

Fracking can negatively impact air and water quality in fracked areas Fact checked by Suzanne Kvilhaug Reviewed by JeFreda R. Brown The U.S. natural gas industry has enjoyed record levels of ...