Ohio has hundreds of injection wells that store waste from oil and natural gas production. In one southeast Ohio city, ...

LOS ANGELES -- There has been a lot of controversy about the oil-extraction procedure known as "fracking." Now more questions are being raised about how much water is used for fracking, and whether it ...

Natural gas is quickly becoming a big chunk of the energy mix, with onshore natural gas extraction techniques like hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” playing a significant role in the shift from ...

The state Legislature went through a long process more than a decade ago to establish regulations governing fracking. But in 2021, the state oil and gas supervisor began denying oil producers' permit ...

Hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," as it is known, has been a hot-button issue in the 2024 race for the White House between former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, as the two ...

Clinicians urged to be aware of fracking-related health problems Chemical contamination, community disruption and negative psychological effects among health problems associated with hydraulic ...

Trump is hitting Harris with TV ads about her fracking flip. But the drilling process might not be as important to voters as pundits suggest. If it’s true that support for a fracking ban is surefire ...

A ban on spreading hydraulic fracturing waste on roadways and using county roads to ship “fracking” wastes into the county for treatment is expected to be come up for vote Dec. 12 by the Erie County ...

If you report on the environmental issues surrounding hydraulic fracturing and shale natural gas, you’ll hear a certain line from gas industry representatives over and over: there has never been a ...

Dear EarthTalk: I hear there's a greener form of fracking for natural gas and oil that uses carbon dioxide instead of water to access underground reserves. Is this really better for the environment? — ...