Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fracking, shorthand for hydraulic fracturing, is set to become a cornerstone of President-elect Donald Trump's energy agenda.

Fracking and drilling could be coming back to California. Environmental advocates say it could be devastating to wildlife and ...

Fracking, shorthand for hydraulic fracturing, has revolutionized the U.S. energy market over the past two decades, propelling the United States to become the world’s largest producer of oil and ...

What is fracking? You may have heard about the effects this oil and gas extraction technique have on the environment, but its impacts extend far beyond that. Between 2007 and 2016, oil production in ...

Those in favor of fracking say that the U.S. must use the practice to increase its production of oil and other fossil fuels to lessen its reliance on other countries, and groups like the American ...

Developers have requested more land for oil and gas fracking in the Egypt Valley Wildlife Area in eastern Ohio after the Ohio Oil and Gas Management Commission approved 4,727 acres for energy ...

Fracking can be dated back to the 1860s but became dominant in US oil and gas production in the 2000s. Horizontal drilling ...