Five years ago, The Heartland Institute set out to correct some misperceptions about the hydraulic fracturing process (commonly known as “fracking”) that had gained traction in the opinions of a ...

HOWE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — John Stewart, vice president of Cameron Energy Co., and Robert Bair, president of the Pennsylvania State Building and Construction Trades Council, are on different sides in the ...

A drilling rig is set up near a barn in Springville, Pa., to tap gas from the Marcellus shale gas field. Hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas is linked to an array of health harms, including cancer, ...

Vice President Kamala Harris vowed not to ban fracking if elected president while debating former President Donald Trump on Tuesday night. Harris was pressed during the debate about changing her ...

With Trump winning the election, many things about U.S. energy policy will change, and most likely fracking rates will increase. Fracking is a process that involves injecting high-pressure fluid, ...

Fracking is an extreme method of oil and gas extraction that involves blasting huge amounts of water — mixed with sand and toxic chemicals — under high pressure deep into the earth. Fracking breaks up ...

“There is no oversight,” says Robert Green, who works in southwestern Pennsylvania in an industry that insures that pipelines can appropriately handle the complex and often hazardous fuels and waste ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Since Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee for president this ...

Hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas is linked to an array of health harms, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, asthma and birth defects, according to the latest compilation of studies on the ...