Fracking workers in Pennsylvania are divided over who they will cast their ballots for in the 2024 presidential election. NBC News' Emma Barnett has more on the how fracking is affecting the upcoming ...

ERIE, Pa. — Grilled chicken breast, baby tomatoes and couscous were served for lunch at the 2024 Shale Insight Conference this week. So was Democratic Sen. Bob Casey. For three days, oil and gas ...

In 2019, Harris said that there was “no question” that she would pursue a federal ban on fracking. In 2024, she’s taken a different—and unnecessary—stance. Democratic presidential nominee Vice ...

Vice President Kamala Harris stated with conviction at Tuesday’s debate she has no intention of banning hydraulic fracturing: “I will not ban fracking, I have not banned fracking as vice president of ...

Steve Harmon’s house shakes when the mining company 100 yards away blasts into what was once farmland. His patio is constantly covered in a thin layer of fine white sand. He and his neighbors also had ...

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. When John ...

The sand is pumped underground along with water and other chemicals to extract oil and natural gas trapped deep in rock. But researchers found... When workplace safety expert Eric Esswein got a chance ...

CHICAGO (AP) — More than a year after a much-lauded compromise paved the way for high-volume oil and gas extraction in Illinois, the agency in charge of overseeing the practice has hired just four of ...

The possibility of using hydraulic fracturing — or “fracking” — to drill for oil and natural gas in the Talladega National Forest has brought that process into the public consciousness in northeeast ...

Last fall when Michael Bloomberg’s private foundation made a $6-million grant to promote stronger regulation of natural-gas drilling, he won applause from several environmental groups. But the New ...

When workplace safety expert Eric Esswein got a chance to see fracking in action not too long ago, what he noticed was all the dust. It was coming off big machines used to haul around huge loads of ...