Some of the quiet country roads of central North Carolina might not be so quiet much longer. Earlier this year, the state legislature voted to end a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, an extraction ...

ALBANY | Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. has become the first major insurance company to say it won't cover damage related to a gas drilling process that blasts chemical-laden water deep into the ...

Fracking is an extreme method of oil and gas extraction that involves blasting huge amounts of water — mixed with sand and toxic chemicals — under high pressure deep into the earth. Fracking breaks up ...

Opponents of oil and gas drilling continue to push the notion that hydraulic fracturing associated with drilling is polluting drinking water and posing other health threats, as participants at an anti ...

There is a lot of controversy surrounding the practice of fracking, but this is what it is and how it can save money.

From: Sue Cuthbert, Newton on Rawcliffe, Ryedale. For once I find myself agreeing with Peter Auty in his letter ‘Fracking support’ - The YP April 12, regarding shipping fracked gas from the USA. But ...