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In early April, two federal agencies canceled permits to drill eight new oil and gas wells that included the potentially polluting use of chemical fracking on land within the southeastern portion of ...

Energy independence was a focus during the candidates' Pennsylvania debate. When Kamala Harris and Donald Trump met on the ABC News debate stage this week, the vice president reiterated her changed ...

Water is a key feature of energy production, both as an inconvenient byproduct and an essential input for fracking. Select ...

Fracking can be dated back to the 1860s but became dominant in US oil and gas production in the 2000s. Horizontal drilling and fracking as a combined technique grew in popularity in part because it ...

At another heated GOP presidential primary debate Wednesday, Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley accused Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis of banning fracking in his state, to which he once again denied. The ...

I wouldn’t wish living next to an active frack site on my worst enemy. The low humming noise, bright lights, and vibrations ...

Oil and gas industry leaders are skeptical of Vice President Kamala Harris' stance on critical state issues and are calling for clarity on her positions before Election Day. Harris said there is "no ...

In June, California produced a daily average of 285,000 barrels of crude oil, according to new data from the Energy Information Administration. That’s the state’s lowest production of any month in the ...

Fracking – a controversial method of extracting natural gas and oil from underground – is a deeply divisive topic. Some say it damages property and causes pollution, while others contend it is a safe, ...

California’s Geologic Energy Management Division is in the midst of finalizing regulations to ban fracking across the state, which will officially go into effect on October 1. The department submitted ...

Energy companies in the U.S. are searching for new ways to manage the water they use and produce along with crude oil. The U.S. oil industry has a double-edged problem: It’s running out of fresh water ...