Wheeler headed up a panel that spent six months examining the contentious issue. The independent panel is recommending that hydraulic fracturing not be allowed in Nova Scotia until there is more ...

Joshua Doubek, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Few technical terms carry as much ambiguity or provoke as much confusion as ...

Hydraulic fracturing, commonly referred to as “fracking,” is a process of extracting natural gas and oil from several miles deep beneath the Earth’s surface. Over the past decade, fracking has ...

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A new article assesses the impact of hydraulic fracturing on seismic hazards like micro-earthquakes, an important issue for the safety of workers and the continuation of mining operations. The ...

A subtle change in the language being used by Premier Brian Gallant around his promise of a moratorium on fracking is raising questions about whether Liberals may allow the practice after all. Gallant ...

There is a lot of controversy surrounding the practice of fracking, but this is what it is and how it can save money.

Like a fish story, the “Halliburton loophole” grows a little with every telling. It has grown to be an all-purpose bogeyman for environmentalists raging against hydraulic fracturing. And in a new ...

MIDLAND, Texas -- One local said it sounded like a pickup truck had rammed into the side of their house. Another said it sounded like the air conditioner fell off the roof. A third compared the ...

There’s been a welcome development in California’s fight against climate change: Regulators are saying no to the oil industry. Earlier this year, state oil and gas regulators quietly began denying ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The revelation this month from Physicians for Social Responsibility that the oil and gas industry in Colorado has been using a chemical that will eventually ...

PRESTON NEW ROAD, PRESTON, LANCASHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM - 2018/06/28: Two local Anti Frack Protesters hold placards on a main road to highlight the claims that Fracking causes contamination of water, ...