Since 2008, the United States has become the world’s leading producer of oil and gas, largely due to advances in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. The process, which involves using high-pressure ...

Fracking – a controversial method of extracting natural gas and oil from underground – is a deeply divisive topic. Some say it damages property and causes pollution, while others contend it is a safe, ...

From rural Pennsylvania to Los Angeles, more than 17 million Americans live within a mile of at least one oil or gas well. Since 2014, most new oil and gas wells have been fracked. Fracking, short for ...

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Fracking — the practice of drilling deep into the earth and cracking through layers of tight shale to extract natural gas — was in the spotlight during last night’s debate between Vice President ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Hydraulic fracturing, otherwise known as fracking, is a technique used ...

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 ...

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 ...

On Wednesday, the natural gas company CNX Resources released the initial results from its environmental monitoring collaboration with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, a ...

A natural gas drilling rig in Wyoming. The EPA says that fracking may have resulted in groundwater contamination in that state.National Geographic / Getty Images News If you report on the ...

Ice water swimmer and environmentalist Lewis Pugh has been accused at a public meeting of not allowing a debate on the potential job creation power of allowing hydraulic fracturing in the Karoo. Pugh ...