*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The rocky ground deep beneath Southern Illinois will soon be wrung like a sponge to yield previously unreachable oil and natural ...

During Tuesday’s presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, the subject of fracking as a means of drilling for fossil fuel was a heated point of ...

Seemingly miraculous innovations have made it possible to slake the ever-growing thirsts of our industrial society. Need more energy? Frack it from deep-bedded rocks! Fresh water? Desalinate ocean ...

NEW YORK, Feb 12 (Reuters) - New York State's decision to lift a four-year ban on natural gas drilling faced further delay on Tuesday after officials conducting a key health impact study asked for ...

New York State lawmakers voted Wednesday to pass a bill prohibiting carbon dioxide fracking, expanding the state’s decade-old fracking ban. The bill—which amends the existing environmental ...

Fracking isn't a new thing and neither is the controversy behind it. But now it's on the national political stage as the 2024 race for the White House heats up. Republicans have started to circulate ...

Presidential rival Nikki Haley had accused him of outlawing the process himself. Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley accused Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at the Republican primary debate on Wednesday ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - With mounting evidence linking hundreds of small earthquakes from Oklahoma to Ohio to the energy industry's growing use of fracking technology, scientists say there is one way to ...