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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Environmental organizations have petitioned a federal court to join New York State in defending its bans on natural gas ...

The UK's first fracking site was hit by a series of small tremors, which brought a halt to operations. Now, a report on these events suggests that fracking is unlikely to ever cause anything more than ...