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Perhaps more than ever before, the environment is a big issue in this year’s presidential campaign race. Bernie Sanders has solidified his stance against fracking in recent speeches, calling for a nationwide ban on shale...

Oklahoma used to have, on average, one or two perceptible earthquakes a year. Now the state is averaging two or three a day. There were more magnitude 3 or greater tremors here last year than anywhere else in the continental...

When you think of earthquake country, you probably picture California, with its all-too-frequent seismic rumblings. But these days the state you should be imagining is Oklahoma. Between 1978 and 2008, the state experienced...

Fracking photo from Shutterstock Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has long been a controversial topic. For one side, the drilling method has prompted an economic boom. It's created jobs, increased revenues and even helped...

Wyoming Gas Drill Photo by Shutterstock Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin is set to sign into law a bill that will make Vermont the first state to outlaw hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the environmentally destructive...

New regulations are coming to the Ohio natural gas industry thanks to the discovery that misplaced hydraulic fracturing wells are the cause of earthquakes in the area...

New regulations are coming to the Ohio natural gas industry thanks to the discovery that misplaced hydraulic fracturing wells are the cause of earthquakes in the area...