WASHINGTON - Drilling and fracking for natural gas don't seem to spew immense amounts of the greenhouse gas methane into the air, as has been feared, a new study says. The findings bolster a big ...

For years, fracking has been a hot topic of debate in the United States. The process works by drilling deep below the earth’s surface and extracting gas by injecting a high-pressure water mixture that ...

In her first major interview since replacing Joe Biden on the ballot, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris was questioned about her shifting statements on fracking, which has been linked to a ...

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) internal watchdog will probe efforts to limit methane leaks from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, The Associated Press reports. Investors say universities ...

(Reuters) - Hydraulic fracturing can cause nearby abandoned oil wells to leak methane, according to a study published on Tuesday in the peer-reviewed Water Resources Research journal, marking a ...

Shale gas is natural gas trapped within shale strata with a large amount of organic material. Recent research reported the pioneering use of UAV-based laser spectroscopy to quantify sample methane ...

The pro-fracking conspiracy in the United States is so vast that it evidently encompasses the Environmental Protection Agency, famously a tool of the oil and gas industry. The EPA just dropped its ...

As I walked out of my third grade classroom on Oct. 23, 2015, I was immediately hit with a potent, suffocating smell. I instantly recognized it: gasoline. Less than a mile away from my home, a faulty ...

Pennsylvania shale natural gas production, the second largest by state in America, has become an unexpectedly important issue in the 2024 presidential campaign. Former President Trump and his ...

“I do rule out banning fracking, because the answer we need, we need other industries to transition to, ultimately, a completely zero emissions by 2025,” said President-elect Joe Biden in the final ...