The massive volume of wastewater from hydraulic fracturing in the Permian basin is causing ground pressure issues, regulatory ...

Six months after Denton, Texas, became the largest city in the U.S.—and the first in the Lone Star State—to ban fracking, Texas senators have approved a House bill that prevents local jurisdictions ...

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, may cause an increase of radon gas in nearby homes. Studies on fracking and radon have produced conflicting results, leading to calls for more research. Austin ...

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed into law a prohibition on cities and towns imposing local ordinances preventing fracking and other potentially environmentally harmful oil and natural gas ...

The Texas House of Representatives recently flexed its muscles and pushed cities and local governments away from regulating hydraulic fracturing. The Texas House approved a bill that gives the state ...

Tom Phillips said his clients or others who object to fracking bans will probably follow a two-pronged legal strategy. A Colorado judge's decision to overturn a hydraulic fracturing ban that voters ...

Seventh in a series about the gas industry’s radioactive waste. When John Quigley became the secretary of the Pennsylvania ...