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 ...

My water well went dry a week or two ago and I was transporting town water to put in it until the well company could come out to clean the well out. The Well company that came out to clean my well ...

Please publish details of fracking, especially chemicals used. Dr. Winn Parker (Parkers Pathways) on republicbroadcasting.org states it takes 5 million gallons of water for one fracking! The upper ...

Over the course of millions of years, heat and pressure can transform the organic remains of animals and plants into crude oil. That's why they're called a fossil fuels — the long-dead creatures that ...

Tracking commentary and opinion from around Central New York, the state and nation: Wednesday's Topic: Stanley N. Hack, of Jamesville, writes about how hydrofracking far outweighs any possible ...

Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a process in which oil and natural gas are extracted from underground rock formations. Fracking provides many benefits but has some costly side effects. Fracking ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration has affirmed its support for the state Department of Natural Resources’ efforts to craft rules governing hydraulic fracturing, saying the process ensures ...

By Maxwell Radwin Earlier this month, state-owned oil company Petroecuador announced a new project involving “hydraulic fracturing” in an oil block in the Ecuadorian Amazon. As a result, some ...

Natural Resources Minister Bruce Northrup is remaining steadfast in the provincial government's insistence there will not be a ban on hydro-fracking in New Brunswick. Northrup said in an interview on ...

Green Party Leader Jack MacDougall is predicting more civil disobedience over hydro-fracking as tensions continue to escalate over the contentious mining practice. Premier David Alward, however, is ...

A natural gas drilling rig in Wyoming. The EPA says that fracking may have resulted in groundwater contamination in that state.National Geographic / Getty Images News If you report on the ...

STATE CAPITOL — As the state Senate advances legislation to ban hydrofracking with carbon dioxide, Republican state senators are calling for cost benefit analysis of the state’s climate policies and ...