This is one in a series of fact checks the Detroit Free Press is doing on public issues in conjunction with PolitiFact, a nonprofit national news organization. The claim: “Even so-called moderate ...

The Stormont Executive has approved legislation that will permanently end petroleum exploration and licensing, including fracking, in Northern Ireland. The Department for the Economy said it will ...

Allegheny County Council on Tuesday voted to override a veto on a bill that bans new fracking leases on county parkland. The override marked the first time in Allegheny County Executive Rich ...

Labour plans to introduce a “total ban” on fracking this autumn, replacing the current moratorium with permanent legislation. Experts say the U.K.’s complex geology makes large-scale fracking unviable ...

Fracking is again in the headlines, as some allege that the gas removal process is linked to the significant uptick of earthquakes in Texas. This, along with the numerous fracking bans recently ...