Five years ago, The Heartland Institute set out to correct some misperceptions about the hydraulic fracturing process (commonly known as “fracking”) that had gained traction in the opinions of a ...

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It appears that Mexico is finally open to an idea that changed Arkansas and the rest of the energy world more than a decade ago, when the Barnett Shale natural gas play began operations in Texas, soon ...

Environmental groups worry fracking in Mexico would have serious environmental consequences, as the president says her country will work toward “sustainable” methods.

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Professor Elizabeth Glass Geltman explains fracking. Professor Elizabeth Glass Geltman explains the process of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking".

Fracking: some call it one of the greatest innovations of the last fifty years. Others insist it's an environmental disaster. Who is right? Linnea Lueken, research fellow at the Heartland Institute, ...

Bev Reed, with the Buckeye Environmental Network, holds a map showing injection well sites near Marietta in southeast Ohio. Hydraulic fracturing, particularly on public lands, has spurred protests ...

The lines of the fracking battle to come were drawn through Windsor’s Super 8 on Monday evening. In the hotel foyer, members ...

The Keeps are among the dozens of Ohioans who say they believe their names were used without permission in a flood of public comments urging the newly formed commission to allow fracking for oil and ...