Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Fracking has burst back on to the national stage in the presidential election contest ...

A new government assessment has identified several areas throughout Southern Maryland that have the potential for hydraulic fracturing to mine natural gas. The practice, known as fracking, has been ...

Energy prices are rising across the country, but they’ve spiked in Pennsylvania. The state welcomed natural gas companies after they promised that their fracking projects would lower utility bills.

The discovery of hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, is considered by many to be the most important change in the energy sector since the introduction of nuclear-generated electricity more ...

Living close to fracking sites can be linked to a host of adverse health effects, according to a three-year-long environmental study released by the University of Pittsburgh and the Pennsylvania ...

Hydraulic fracturing is often incorrectly blamed for contaminating water with methane and thus allowing people to set their tap water on fire, but one thing fracking did help set ablaze was Hillary ...

FESTUS • For better or worse, depending on your view, Missouri has largely missed out on the hydraulic fracturing revolution that has turned energy markets upside down in recent years. There’s little ...

The EPA is issuing the rules under a settlement with environmental groups, while the oil-and-gas industry has warned that regulators are planning overly aggressive requirements. The rules are just one ...