Ohio officials approved fracking bids for thousands of acres of public land amid loud protests.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fracking, shorthand for hydraulic fracturing, is set to become a cornerstone of President-elect Donald Trump's energy agenda.

Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is an essential technique in the oil and gas industry, used to extract natural gas and oil from deep underground reservoirs. Traditionally, the process has involved a ...

“Fracking” is a common name for hydraulic fracturing, which is a process that uses a high-pressure mix of water, chemicals and sand. During the process, a solution of pressurized water, chemicals and ...

A federal lawsuit alleges New York's fracking ban violates the Fifth Amendment rights of a father and son who own land in ...

Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of stories reflecting on 20 years of gas drilling in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Twenty years after the first gas well was fracked on the Renz farm in ...

Ohio's oil and gas industry says Senate Bill 219 makes much-needed updates to state drilling laws, though environmental ...

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 ...

Mexico Weighs Revival of Controversial Oil and Gas Drilling as It Seeks to Cut Reliance on US Energy ...

Carbon emissions in Ohio have fallen by about a third over the past twenty years according to data from the Energy ...