Hydraulic fracturing, otherwise known as fracking, is a technique used to extract oil and natural gas from underground shale rock. This process involves injecting a pressurized liquid—mostly ...

Sheinbaum said Wednesday that her government may allow a form of sustainable fracking to increase domestic production of natural gas.

Five years ago, The Heartland Institute set out to correct some misperceptions about the hydraulic fracturing process (commonly known as “fracking”) that had gained traction in the opinions of a ...

Fracking pumpjacks. These pieces of equipment are crucial to oil field and fracking operations. (Getty Images.) Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump both say they don’t want ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Oil and gas producers would be allowed to extend fracking operations on state parks and wildlife areas from a maximum of six years to eight, under a bill passed Wednesday by the Ohio ...

Mesa County will have party status as the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission considers regulating emissions from hydraulic-fracturing operations. The commission approved late-party status to Mesa ...

This story is supported by the Pulitzer Center and is part of the “Texas Energy Crossroads” project, a partnership between ...

India's plans to scale up fracking operations without robust regulations could spell disaster for the country's finely balanced water security, according to research. India's plans to scale up ...

• Ryan, as a 2020 presidential candidate, spoke about regulating fracking and even halting it if the industry cannot keep local residents safe. He said he’d "absolutely" consider banning fracking on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There have been discussions around fracking in the U.K. for years, with the government going back and forth on whether to support ...