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 ...

An area environmental organization sees Pennsylvania’s new requirement that natural gas drillers reveal the chemicals in fracking fluids earlier in the drilling process as “long overdue.” A trade ...

While it appears Ohio can't outright bar out-of-state waste from being disposed of in Ohio under the Constitution's Commerce Clause, that doesn't mean it has to trundle out the welcome wagon for ...

Researchers from Harvard studied and calculated mortality rates for about 15 million Medicare beneficiaries. The study analyzed how close Medicare beneficiaries lived near any major U.S.

After a recent Denver Post editorial made claims about a harmful chemical being used in the fracking process, Colorado’s natural gas and oil industry would like to respond. We couldn’t agree more with ...

Increasing transparency requirements around fracking activity and the specific fluids used in the process are associated with lower pollution levels from that activity, new research shows. A recent ...

“Fracking” is a common name for hydraulic fracturing, which is a process that uses a high-pressure mix of water, chemicals ...

MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- Amid the growing water shortage in West Texas, the Texas Legislature has given oil and gas companies the opportunity to reuse wastewater created during the oil fracking ...