Fracking is a technique for recovering gas and oil from shale rock The Northern Ireland Executive has approved legislation that will permanently end petroleum exploration and licensing, including ...

New York is making its poorest residents pay for a political fantasy. The Cuomo administration banned shale fracking in 2014, bowing to the noise of "fracktivists." Hochul kept the ban and doubled ...

Campaigners are calling on the government to end a “loophole” in the UK’s de facto fracking ban as North Yorkshire Council considers ...

DENVER — The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday against Fort Collins' five-year fracking moratorium, a long-awaited decision that could have statewide implications for the controversial oil and gas ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Katherina Reiche, Germany's Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, addresses a press conference at the German Ministry for ...

A leading geologist has warned that plans for lower-volume fracking in northern England could cause earthquakes as large and unpredictable as high volume operations.

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 ...