LOS ANGELES -- There has been a lot of controversy about the oil-extraction procedure known as "fracking." Now more questions are being raised about how much water is used for fracking, and whether it ...

Fracking – a controversial method of extracting natural gas and oil from underground – is a deeply divisive topic. Some say it damages property and causes pollution, while others contend it is a safe, ...

Presidential rival Nikki Haley had accused him of outlawing the process himself. Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley accused Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at the Republican primary debate on Wednesday ...

FILE - Work continues at a shale gas well drilling site in St. Mary's, Pa., March 12, 2020. Facing the need to win Pennsylvania, Vice President Kamala Harris has sworn off any prior assertion that she ...

President-Elect Joe Biden has walked a fine line on fracking, seeking to allow the practice while proposing restrictions to limit its greenhouse gas emissions. How have other countries approached ...

Hydraulic fracturing, popularized about a decade ago, has helped unlock hydrocarbons trapped in tight shale formations, spawning a vast web of rigs, wells and energy infrastructure across the country.

The natural gas boom in North Texas is not only producing energy and jobs, it’s also sparking action in the state legislature regarding hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in the energy-rich Barnett ...

If you report on the environmental issues surrounding hydraulic fracturing and shale natural gas, you’ll hear a certain line from gas industry representatives over and over: there has never been a ...

Fracking isn't a new thing and neither is the controversy behind it. But now it's on the national political stage as the 2024 race for the White House heats up. Republicans have started to circulate ...

While voters and many municipal governments have decided to restrict fracking, few have banned it altogether. That is why shock waves resonated through those involved in the fracking process when 59 ...

Trump is hitting Harris with TV ads about her fracking flip. But the drilling process might not be as important to voters as pundits suggest. If it’s true that support for a fracking ban is surefire ...

In the Vice Presidential debate last week, Senator Kamala Harris made it clear that if elected, Joe Biden will not ban fracking. That doesn't come as a surprise considering the votes they need are ...