New York's fracking ban creates energy poverty for 2.7 million residents while Pennsylvania neighbors profit from natural gas drilling.

Sinn Féin MLA Áine Murphy also welcomed the Executive's approval of the legislation. The Fermanagh and South Tyrone MLA who ...

Germany should consider allowing fracking to bring down energy prices and reduce dependencies highlighted by the war in Iran, ...

Allegheny County Council on Tuesday voted to override a veto on a bill that bans new fracking leases on county parkland. The override marked the first time in Allegheny County Executive Rich ...

The UK government said on Thursday it will lift a moratorium on shale gas exploration in England as the nation looks to bolster its energy security in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The ...

US Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris defended her changing stance on hydraulic fracturing in the only scheduled debate with former president Donald Trump on Tuesday, ...

Freeing oil and gas deposits from its shale, tight sand and coalbed methane coverings was first done with explosives in 1865. Using pressurized fluid and ...

The towns of Dryden, in Tompkins County, and Middlefield, in Otsego County, changed their zoning laws to ban fracking in recent years after energy companies started acquiring local leases to drill.

HALIFAX — A former university president who oversaw the report that led to a decade-long ban on fracking in Nova Scotia is questioning the government’s claims that new natural-gas development will ...

The government has told North Yorkshire Council it is keeping regulation on lower-volume fracking “under review”.

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, may cause an increase of radon gas in nearby homes. Studies on fracking and radon have produced conflicting results, leading to calls for more research. Austin ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fracking is a technique for recovering gas and oil from shale rock [Getty Images] The Northern Ireland Executive has approved ...