Fracking

North Dakota, Using Taxpayer Funds, Bailed Out Oil and Gas Companies by Plugging Abandoned Wells

The bailout, environmentalists say, raises bigger questions about who will pay, in an energy transition, to close off the nation’s millions of aging wells.

By Nicholas Kusnetz

A Decade Into the Fracking Boom, Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia Haven’t Gained Much, a Study Says

By James Bruggers

Oregon Allows a Controversial Fracked Gas Power Plant to Begin Construction

By Ilana Cohen

Five Things To Know About Fracking in Pennsylvania. Are Voters Listening?

By Nicholas Kusnetz

The $16 Million Was Supposed to Clean Up Old Oil Wells; Instead, It’s Going to Frack New Ones

By Nicholas Kusnetz

In Final Debate, Trump and Biden Display Vastly Divergent Views—and Levels of Knowledge—On Climate

By Georgina Gustin

The Pence-Harris Showdown Came up Well Short of an Actual 'Debate' on Climate Change

By Ilana Cohen, Marianne Lavelle

Senate 2020: In Colorado, Where Climate Matters, Hickenlooper is Favored to Unseat Gardner

By Judy Fahys

Pennsylvania Grand Jury Faults State Officials for Lax Fracking Oversight

By Marianne Lavelle

Detlev Helmig Was Frugal With Tax Dollars. Then CU Fired Him for Misusing Funds.

By DANIEL GLICK

U.S. Emissions Dropped in 2019: Here's Why in 6 Charts

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Kinder Morgan Cancels Fracked Liquids Pipeline Plan, and Pursues Another

By James Bruggers

Water Use in Fracking Soars — Exceeding Rise in Fuels Produced, Study Says

By Phil McKenna

As Much as 5 Times More Methane Leaking at Penn. Gas, Oil Sites than Reported

By Neela Banerjee

Fracking Study Finds Low Birth Weights Near Natural Gas Drilling Sites

By Sabrina Shankman, by Sabrina Shankman

Industrial Strength: How the U.S. Government Hid Fracking's Risks to Drinking Water

By Neela Banerjee

Oklahoma’s Largest Quake Linked to Oil and Gas Industry Actions 3 Years Earlier

Fracking Ban About to Become Law in Maryland

By Sabrina Shankman

Fracking Well Spills Poorly Reported in Most Top-Producing States, Study Finds

By Nicholas Kusnetz