Fracking has really taken off in the last few years, and technology is improving at a breakneck pace, allowing companies around the world to tap into oil that used to be totally inaccessible. So, how ...

Get set: Cousins Brandon and Corey Mesko, ready to handle steel drilling pipe on a rig near Towanda, Pa. Karen Bulich Moreau THE NORTHERN TIER, PA. The people trying to keep “fracking” illegal in New ...

This environmental video essay provides a brief explanation and overview of fracking. Specifically, I look at how fracking works, why it's become so prevalent in the last 15 years, and why there's ...

For years, fracking has been a hot topic of debate in the United States. The process works by drilling deep below the earth’s surface and extracting gas by injecting a high-pressure water mixture that ...

We%27re on the way to achieve energy independence in spite of%2C not because of%2C the federal government. Horizontal drilling and fracking were brought about by a bunch of outsiders working on their ...

Fracking doesn't cause earthquakes. The problem is, wastewater disposal — without which fracking cannot be done — almost definitely does, say scientists. Bloomberg has a big profile on the man who ...

The Obama administration on Friday unveiled its first major standards for oil companies that frack on federal lands, including beefed-up safety measures to protect groundwater, prompting industry ...

As of June 2014, the prairie state had 190 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or greater, compared with only 71 in California. And it’s almost certainly due to dewatering, a process associated with fracking.

Fracking can contaminate water supplies if it is not done properly, because the fracking fluid injected into rock to enable gas to be released often contains chemicals. The problem should not occur, ...