Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a method of extracting oil and natural gas from dense rock or sand where traditional drilling is not an option. Due to the nature of fracking, costs are higher ...

Those in favor of fracking say that the U.S. must use the practice to increase its production of oil and other fossil fuels to lessen its reliance on other countries, and groups like the American ...

Harris promised early on in her initial 2019 bid for the presidency to ban the practice if she were elected, and has since recanted that position. Tuesday’s debate moderators questioned the switch. “I ...

That play on a line in the 1967 film “The Graduate” may well sum up Donald Trump’s line of attack on energy policy in Tuesday’s debate with Kamala Harris. The presidential contest is shining a renewed ...

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Twenty Years Into Fracking, Pennsylvania Has Yet to Reckon With Its Radioactive Waste The World’s Last Flock of Wild Whooping Cranes Gets More Living Space In Murphy’s Final Weeks, NJ Climate ...

President-elect Trump on Saturday announced he would nominate Chris Wright, a donor and fracking company leader, to serve as his Energy secretary. “Chris has been a leading technologist and ...