Fracking can be dated back to the 1860s but became dominant in US oil and gas production in the 2000s. Horizontal drilling and fracking as a combined technique grew in popularity in part because it ...

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 ...

An active drill site on state forest land in Tioga County, Oct. 2019. The Seneca Resources well will tap the Utica Shale formation. With all the talk of fracking in Pennsylvania during this ...

Fracking, shorthand for hydraulic fracturing, is set to become a cornerstone of President-elect Donald Trump's energy agenda. While it is worth noting that the U.S. is producing more oil and gas than ...

How much toxic oil and gas waste is produced in Pennsylvania every year, and where does it end up? Despite state efforts to ...

Oil and gas industry leaders are skeptical of Vice President Kamala Harris' stance on critical state issues and are calling for clarity on her positions before Election Day. Harris said there is "no ...

FILE - Work continues at a shale gas well drilling site in St. Mary's, Pa., March 12, 2020. Facing the need to win Pennsylvania, Vice President Kamala Harris has sworn off any prior assertion that she ...

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. When John ...

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 ...

Energy independence was a focus during the candidates' Pennsylvania debate. When Kamala Harris and Donald Trump met on the ABC News debate stage this week, the vice president reiterated her changed ...

I wouldn’t wish living next to an active frack site on my worst enemy. The low humming noise, bright lights, and vibrations ...