As a researcher with a chemistry background who is working in an oil field, I am pleased to see articles like “A New Way of Fracking” that introduce new technologies in the oil industry (C&EN, May 12, ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday for the first time that fracking - a controversial method of improving the productivity of oil and gas wells - may be to ...

Environmentalists will gather Saturday (June 21) in Covington for "Frackstock,'' an all-afternoon, anti-fracking rally at the Tammany Trace trailhead. Sponsored by the Sierra Club, the event begins ...