France has potentially abundant reserves, but has imposed a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”), the technique for winkling gas from rocks deep underground, while the dangers ...

We want to bridge divides to reach everyone. Methane levels were 17 times higher in ground water near areas where shale-gas "fracking" wells had been drilled in Pennsylvania, compared with areas ...

It is all thanks to fracking — or hydraulic fracturing — which has made it possible to coax natural gas at a relatively low price out of the fine-grained rock known as shale. Around the ...

Induced hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for natural gas is becoming an important issue in more and more areas of the U.S. Supporters cite national desires to make the country more energy ...

Few places are as critical to producing affordable, reliable energy as Pennsylvania, the nation’s second-largest natural-gas-producing state (“Fracking Isn’t as Popular (or Important ...

Fracking has the potential to boost the sources of natural gas, a cleaner-burning option to oil and coal and less costly than wind or solar. About 25 percent of the nation's energy comes from ...

Fracking, short for hydraulic fracturing, is a method of extracting natural gas. It was invented in the 1940s, but gained popularity in the past two decades, particularly in the U.S. This is ...

Fracking involves mining oil and natural gas by pumping massive amounts of a specialized fluid deep into the ground. This fluid, combined with intensive drilling and perforating the earth ...

Last month, Truss’ government formally lifted a ban on fracking for shale gas that had been in place for England since 2019, arguing that strengthening the country’s energy supply was an ...