This story originally appeared on StateImpact Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection said it will now require all landfills that take solid fracking waste to test their ...

During the September 6 edition of Anderson Cooper 360, CNN chief climate correspondent Bill Weir spoke directly to Pennsylvania voters who live in a fracking community. The segment challenges the ...

Fracking — the practice of drilling deep into the earth and cracking through layers of tight shale to extract natural gas — was in the spotlight during last night’s debate between Vice President ...

Voters in the Keystone State unpack how fracking changes their day-to-day lives. Eight years ago, Michelle Stonemark built her dream home in Cecil Township, Pennsylvania, on the same street as much of ...

Vice President Kamala Harris was questioned about her stance on fracking during Tuesday’s presidential debate between her and former President Donald Trump. Harris said that she wouldn’t ban fracking, ...

During Tuesday night's heated presidential debate, Kamala Harris's stance on fracking was called into question by Donald Trump. Trump alleged that Harris would ban the practice if she won the election ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — It is now officially legal for oil and gas companies to frack from state parks, as a new state law goes into effect. However, the state’s Oil and Gas Management Commission ...

GREENBRIER, Arkansas (Reuters) - Tony Davis, a 54-year-old construction worker in central Arkansas, said he welcomed the boom in natural gas drilling that brought jobs and new businesses to his ...

What is fracking? You may have heard about the effects this oil and gas extraction technique have on the environment, but its impacts extend far beyond that. Between 2007 and 2016, oil production in ...

300,000 people live within a three-mile radius of the test wells, fracked to reach oil once considered too expensive to extract. By Ngoc Nguyen, New America Media/InsideClimate News Sign up here.

Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a method of extracting oil and natural gas from dense rock or sand where traditional drilling is not an option. Due to the nature of fracking, costs are higher ...