The promise of energy independence has resulted in a natural gas boom across the nation. New technologies in hydraulic fracturing have allowed energy companies to drill into the various shale ...

Had the Traverse City-based company followed through, it could have been drilling a natural gas well within the Huron-Manistee National Forests to access minerals leased from the federal government ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has updated its regulations of hydraulic fracturing or “fracking,” a technique for ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Michigan may have large natural gas reserves deep underground, but it will likely be years before they would be developed on a large scale, giving policymakers time to deal with ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Environmental regulators in Michigan have approved new rules for energy companies that produce natural gas by cracking open underground rock formations. The regulations ...