Amid skepticism from engineers and environmentalists, landowners and drilling company bet on LPG fracking, which uses propane instead of water. By Anthony Brino, InsideClimate News Sign up here. A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the years since New York became the first shale-bearing state to ban fracking in 2014, the decision continues to divide ...

The South Australian government's proposal to lift a ban on fracking in the state's South East appears doomed to fail — with the opposition and One Nation both opposing it. The government argues ...

Exxon Mobil Corp. is betting that a better way to frack will double the amount of oil it can pump from shale fields. “There’s just a lot of oil being left in the ground,” CEO Darren Woods said June 1 ...

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, ...

Ten years ago, New York passed a landmark ban on hydraulic fracking, the destructive process of using large volumes of freshwater laced with chemicals to extract methane gas, a dangerous fossil fuel.

(AP) -- A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency draft finding that it may have detected groundwater pollution resulting from a controversial technique that plays a huge role in modern oil and gas ...

Buru Energy has rejected environmental claims their Rafael conventional gas project could be a "Trojan horse for fracking".

In the years since New York became the first shale-bearing state to ban fracking in 2014, the decision continues to divide communities across the state. In the Southern Tier, companies and landowners ...