State approves expansion of fracking on public lands over environmental concerns

COLUMBUS, Ohio – More than 9,000 new acres of state-owned land have been made available for fracking, as a result of a ...
Heartland

Obama Administration Supports Fracking and Natural Gas, Despite Environmental Opposition

Last Thursday, the US Department of the Interior released a draft proposal that would “establish common-sense safety standards for hydraulic fracturing on public and Indian lands.” Last Friday, the US ...
The Boston Globe

What is fracking, and why was it mentioned so much in the presidential debate?

Fracking — the practice of drilling deep into the earth and cracking through layers of tight shale to extract natural gas — was in the spotlight during last night’s debate between Vice President ...

Ohio commission opens up thousands of acres of public land for fracking

Ohio is opening up more than 8,200 acres of a wildlife area in southeastern Ohio and another 500 acres of Salt Fork State ...
Observer-Reporter

20 years on, fracking’s potential health impacts eyed

Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of stories reflecting on 20 years of gas drilling in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Twenty years after the first gas well was fracked on the Renz farm in ...
WOSU Public Media

Fracking produces a lot of wastewater. Millions of gallons of it are stored under eastern Ohio

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 ...
WHYY

Fact Check: Why Trump’s new campaign ad on fracking is misleading

FILE - Work continues at a shale gas well drilling site in St. Mary's, Pa., March 12, 2020. Facing the need to win Pennsylvania, Vice President Kamala Harris has sworn off any prior assertion that she ...
KTAB Abilene on MSN

Fracking makes the Texas oil and gas industry possible; it may also be harming the state

“Fracking” is a common name for hydraulic fracturing, which is a process that uses a high-pressure mix of water, chemicals ...
Fox Business

Fracking is a major issue in the presidential race and critical for Pennsylvania

Hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," as it is known, has been a hot-button issue in the 2024 race for the White House between former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, as the two ...