Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the years since New York became the first shale-bearing state to ban fracking in 2014, the decision continues to divide ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Hydraulic fracturing, otherwise known as fracking, is a technique used ...

Exxon Mobil is betting that a better way to frack will double the amount of oil it can pump from shale fields. “There’s just a lot of oil being left in the ground,” Chief Executive Officer Darren ...

Exxon Mobil Corp. is betting that a better way to frack will double the amount of oil it can pump from shale fields. “There’s just a lot of oil being left in the ground,” CEO Darren Woods said June 1 ...

US domestic gas production is on the rise because of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. US domestic gas production is on the rise because of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a controversial method ...

You’ve heard of geothermal energy — it’s touted as a clean alternative. You’ve also heard of fracking, which is … not always thought of that way. One creates energy from the earth’s heat. The other ...

Amid skepticism from engineers and environmentalists, landowners and drilling company bet on LPG fracking, which uses propane instead of water. By Anthony Brino, InsideClimate News Sign up here. A ...

Fracking is widely used as a way to release oil and gas from sedimentary rock — a method pioneered in Texas — but the practice is not universally accepted. Britain’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ...

As CalGEM is set to hold a hearing to obtain public comment tomorrow on the plan to formally phase out fracking in California, over 1000 individuals across the state sent comments to Governor Newsom ...

Nearly three years after Gov. Gavin Newsom directed it, California's oil and gas industry regulator kickstarted a process to outright ban hydraulic fracturing, the fossil fuel extraction method known ...

Ten years ago, New York passed a landmark ban on hydraulic fracking, the destructive process of using large volumes of freshwater laced with chemicals to extract methane gas, a dangerous fossil fuel.