CHICAGO (AP) – After environmentalists, lawmakers and the oil industry got together last year to draft Illinois’ first regulations for hydraulic fracturing, the rest was supposed to be easy. The ...

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 ...

Amid a barrage of climate-infused weather disasters such as flooding and hurricanes, along with the shattering of heat records, wildfires and many Americans growing concerned about the planet's ...

WASHINGTON — A proposal to restrict natural gas production in a Virginia national forest has become a flashpoint in the debate over whether drilling endangers water — in this case, water used by ...

PITTSBURGH -- In the debate over natural gas drilling, the companies are often the ones accused of twisting the facts. But scientists say opponents sometimes mislead the public, too. Critics of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There have been discussions around fracking in the U.K. for years, with the government going back and forth on whether to support ...