From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by producer Aynsley O’Neill with Kristina Marusic, a journalist for Environmental Health News ...

Fracking — the practice of drilling deep into the earth and cracking through layers of tight shale to extract natural gas — was in the spotlight during last night’s debate between Vice President ...

Hydraulic fracturing has reshaped global energy markets by unlocking vast shale gas reserves, delivering economic gains while raising environmental and public health concerns. This balanced analysis ...

What may be the state’s most unusual oil well sits wedged between a creek bottom and a field dotted with newly baled hay on the northern edge of South Texas brush country. Fresh paw prints reveal that ...

Hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as fracking, has been used in the United States for decades — stretching back to the 1940s and 50s. However, the technology boomed in the country during the ...

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 ...

This story was produced by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting. When Wanda Vincent looks out the windows of her daycare center in Arlington, Texas, past the playground, she sees a row ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Low oil prices and reduced drilling in shale regions like North Dakota are hurting the once fast-growing frac sand industry, slashing demand and forcing price cuts that have led some ...

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Click here to subscribe today or Login. STATE REP. Jim Christiana would like us to believe that the state’s burgeoning natural ...