The use of hydraulic fracturing to extract oil and gas from the earth dates back to the 1940s, but only in the past few years has "fracking" become an energy buzzword, alluding primarily to the ...

For over 40 years the nation’s oil and gas industry has been releasing natural gas through the process of hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking. Recently, however, this process has been ...

Here is a reminder of why it is so controversial. More properly called “hydraulic fracturing”, it is a method of extracting gas by breaking up rock to release it from underground. A mix of ...

The characteristics that define fracking companies are not strict. Hydraulic fracturing – or “fracking” – is a multifaceted operation. There aren’t fracking-exclusive companies so much ...

Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a toxic technique that blasts huge amounts of water mixed with hazardous chemicals into the earth, fracturing underground rock to release oil and gas.

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a method of oil and gas production that involves blasting huge amounts of water, mixed with sand and toxic chemicals, under high pressure deep into the earth.

Mi’kmaw chiefs in Nova Scotia say they are considering legal action against newly passed provincial legislation that opens the door to hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. In a statement ...