Fracking — the practice of drilling deep into the earth and cracking through layers of tight shale to extract natural gas — was in the spotlight during last night’s debate between Vice President ...

Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) sparred over their commitment to the science of climate change, with the vice president repeatedly falsely asserting a Biden administration ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to have it both ways: decrying captured science when it suits his current agenda, while ignoring it when it benefits his personal convictions. AP Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says ...

What do Bigfoot and New York’s ban on fracking ban have in common? The evidence supporting the existence of both is equally (un)credible. Gov. Cuomo last month made history by making New York the ...

Editor: A recent editorial called for a discussion around “fracking’s environmental impacts” (“One-sided discussions on issues don’t promote true progress,” March 11) What experience, scientific ...

Researchers recently published a study about how to trace fracking fluid. The idea was to figure out how to identify potential groundwater contamination. And then the media spin cycle created a giant ...

India's plans to scale up fracking operations without robust regulations could spell disaster for the country's finely balanced water security, according to research. India's plans to scale up ...

As battle lines are drawn in California’s debate over hydraulic fracturing, petroleum engineers, local politicians, the state’s top regulators and scientists met at UCLA this week to talk fracking – ...

A moratorium on shale gas extraction was introduced in 2019 over tremors caused by the controversial process. The Government has commissioned a review of the latest scientific evidence on fracking, as ...

An estimated 168 billion gallons of wastewater -- or produced water -- is generated annually by the Permian Basin fracking industry, according to a 2022 report. The major waste stream has proved both ...

If you’ve paid any attention to the 2020 presidential election cycle, then you’ve heard the term “fracking” thrown around by candidates. It was mentioned several times during the first presidential ...