LOS ANGELES -- There has been a lot of controversy about the oil-extraction procedure known as "fracking." Now more questions are being raised about how much water is used for fracking, and whether it ...

Rather, communities and states should focus on policies that assure horizontal drilling and fracking are undertaken by reputable firms with adequate oversight by well-balanced regulatory ...

The natural gas boom in North Texas is not only producing energy and jobs, it’s also sparking action in the state legislature regarding hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in the energy-rich Barnett ...

NORMAL — More than 140 residents signed a petition Saturday that calls for a ban on fracking, the method of extracting oil or gas from subterranean rocks. Illinois People’s Action, a nonprofit group, ...

On Wednesday, 18 October 2017, in John Douglas Stern v the Mineral of Mineral Resources, (2015) EC, the Eastern Cape High Court in Grahamstown granted an order setting aside the decision of the ...

Natural gas is quickly becoming a big chunk of the energy mix, with onshore natural gas extraction techniques like hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” playing a significant role in the shift from ...

I MUST pose the question as to whether or not the British people, especially the people in North Yorkshire, have been given the full details of the fracking procedure. From recent reading and study I ...

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