Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday said California will stop issuing fracking permits by 2024 and halt all oil extraction by 2045, using his authority to take on the state’s powerful oil and gas industry in ...

Trump administration plans to allow new oil and gas drilling — including fracking — on millions of acres in Central California are on hold following a settlement between state and federal officials.

The decision sets the Cook government up for a showdown with Labor Party faithful, who voted to ban fracking at last year’s ...

HALIFAX — A former university president who oversaw the report that led to a decade-long ban on fracking in Nova Scotia is questioning the government’s claims that new natural-gas development will ...