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 ...

"Hydraulic fracturing is a well-stimulation technique used commonly in low-permeability rocks like tight sandstone, shale, ...

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.

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— California’s oil and gas regulator submitted its final regulations banning hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to the state’s Office of Administrative Law on Monday. This is the ...

While environmentalists worry about polluting the water table and heightening seismic activity through hydraulic fracturing, fracking seems to become more environmentally sensitive each year.

The measure would immediately block a Texas company that wants to use the method as an alternative to hydraulic fracturing with a water-based solution. The bill passed in the state Assembly on ...