Fracking is an extreme method of oil and gas extraction that involves blasting huge amounts of water — mixed with sand and toxic chemicals — under high pressure deep into the earth. Fracking breaks up ...

Plans for a "mini fracking" site in Burniston near Scarborough have been rejected by North Yorkshire Council following local outcry.

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro has instructed state-run oil company Ecopetrol to cancel its joint venture with the US-based Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) due to environmental concerns. The venture, ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday for the first time that fracking - a controversial method of improving the productivity of oil and gas wells - may be to ...

Environmentalists will gather Saturday (June 21) in Covington for "Frackstock,'' an all-afternoon, anti-fracking rally at the Tammany Trace trailhead. Sponsored by the Sierra Club, the event begins ...