“There is no oversight,” says Robert Green, who works in southwestern Pennsylvania in an industry that insures that pipelines can appropriately handle the complex and often hazardous fuels and waste ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ian writes on fossil energies, climate, and transition to renewables. Fracking is a big deal in Pennsylvania (Pa), one of seven ...

The U.S. Oil & Gas Association on Monday took a Kamala Harris aide to task over the presidential contender’s constant pivoting on fracking. The association weighed in on a Politico interview with ...

A possible correlation between fracking and radon has been studied several times, but whether there's a link remains an ...

The vote was met by cheers from many in the audience at the meeting who have been voicing their concerns about fracking, most notably the claim that recent research shows a correlation between ...

On the eve of the Democratic National Convention in 2016, thousands marched in Philadelphia for action to prevent climate catastrophe. Credit: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images Since Vice ...

Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a process in which oil and natural gas are extracted from underground rock formations. Fracking provides many benefits but has some costly side effects. Fracking ...

What is fracking? You may have heard about the effects this oil and gas extraction technique have on the environment, but its impacts extend far beyond that. Between 2007 and 2016, oil production in ...

Over the course of millions of years, heat and pressure can transform the organic remains of animals and plants into crude oil. That's why they're called a fossil fuels — the long-dead creatures that ...

“She’s going to have no fracking. That’s going to cost Pennsylvania 500,000 jobs and the revenues untold.” - Trump, remarks to the media at a McDonald’s in Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 ...

Labour plans to introduce a “total ban” on fracking this autumn, replacing the current moratorium with permanent legislation. Experts say the U.K.’s complex geology makes large-scale fracking unviable ...