COLUMBUS, Ohio – More than 9,000 new acres of state-owned land have been made available for fracking, as a result of a ...

Labour plans to introduce a “total ban” on fracking this autumn, replacing the current moratorium with permanent legislation. Experts say the U.K.’s complex geology makes large-scale fracking unviable ...

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, may cause an increase of radon gas in nearby homes. Studies on fracking and radon have produced conflicting results, leading to calls for more research. Austin ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. A Duke University study jumps into the middle of the debate ...

Despite the intense scrutiny and focus on environmental issues relating to hydraulic fracturing in shale gas plays across the United States, the onslaught of anticipated litigation alleging impacts to ...

Hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, is a technique that increases the amount of oil and gas an operator can extract from rock formations. After a well is drilled, a frack crew prepares a ...

Fracking’s rise in popularity Fracking can be dated back to the 1860s but became dominant in US oil and gas production in the ...

A possible correlation between fracking and radon has been studied several times, but whether there's a link remains an ...