Seventh in a series about the gas industry’s radioactive waste. When John Quigley became the secretary of the Pennsylvania ...

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband says Labour remains committed to its manifesto pledge of a total ban on fracking - Danny Lawson/PA Ed Miliband has pledged a permanent ban on fracking just days after the ...

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

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 ...

REEVES COUNTY, Texas — A deadly explosion at a fracking site in Reeves County Monday night has raised serious concerns about worker safety in the oil and gas industry. One worker lost his life, and ...

A Chesapeake Energy drilling site near Big Wells in South Texas uses fracking. The boom in shale gas drilling has created half a million jobs. Hawk Dunlap fought fires and blowouts in oil fields ...

For the first time in more than 40 years, energy companies in Texas soon will have new rules for managing oil field waste. The Railroad Commission of Texas, which regulates the industry, adopted the ...

When Kamala Harris and Donald Trump met on the ABC News debate stage this week, the vice president reiterated her changed energy position, saying she would not institute a "fracking ban" if elected.

Halliburton Co. is diversifying into data center power generation amid slackening worldwide demand for oil field fracking. The world’s biggest fracker has sealed a deal with VoltaGrid to provide ...

300,000 people live within a three-mile radius of the test wells, fracked to reach oil once considered too expensive to extract. By Ngoc Nguyen, New America Media/InsideClimate News Sign up here.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. As the end of drilling nears at the century-old Inglewood Oil Field, officials and communities debate whether its ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is calling for a series of reports to identify potential gaps in public safety related to oil drilling operations during a continued phase-out of such ...