As earthquakes increase in East Texas and Louisiana, scientists are investigating whether oil and gas operations in the Haynesville shale formation are to blame.

A leading geologist has warned that plans for lower-volume fracking in northern England could cause earthquakes as large and unpredictable as high volume operations.

The controversial process of "fracking" will be halted in England due to the risks of triggering earthquakes when trying to tap shale gas reserves, the British government announced Saturday. "After ...

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 ...

Small earthquakes in Ohio and Arkansas associated with hydraulic fracturing for natural gas have taken many people by surprise. Gas industry executives say there's no hard evidence that their ...

Two campaign groups have urged councillors to block fracking plans later this week for the village of Burniston in North ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this study: In some respects, seismologists have a Doc Brown problem. In the 1985 classic Back To the Future, the wild-haired scientist famously tells the ...

Campaigners are calling on the government to end a “loophole” in the UK’s de facto fracking ban as North Yorkshire Council considers ...

Regarding your Jan. 12 article, “Two Ohio wildlife areas approved for oil and gas drilling bids,” I would like to add that we from Save Ohio Parks and other groups were at that Oil and Gas Land ...