Fracking boom tied to methane spike in Earth’s atmosphere. The chemical signature of methane released from fracking is found in the atmosphere, pointing to shale gas operations as the culprit.

SHALE gas has turned the American energy market on its head. Production has soared twelvefold since 2000, to 4.9 trillion cubic feet, or a quarter of the country's total gas output. By 2035 the ...

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) In ...

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 ...

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.

Fracking is a controversial practice to extract natural gas from shale. A Duke University study finds high methane levels in ground water near where fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, has occurred.

In 2001, 25 percent of U.S. natural gas was extracted via fracking. By 2022, this grew to almost 80 percent. Let’s delve into the fracking process.

The fracking fluid that is pumped into the ground is mostly water — up to 97% — but also includes a cocktail of different chemicals and small solid particles called proppants.

On the heels of a critical federal study, California's Legislature is weighing what do about a promising but controversial method of hunting for natural gas and oil called hydraulic fracturing ...

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 ...

Cuadrilla, 96% owned by Australia’s AJ Lucas, was the only one of these firms to receive consent to begin fracking. It found a natural gas resource at its site in northwestern England in 2019, ...