Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A state regulator has adopted a rule banning the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS or "forever ...

Over the course of millions of years, heat and pressure can transform the organic remains of animals and plants into crude oil. That's why they're called a fossil fuels — the long-dead creatures that ...

Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is an essential technique in the oil and gas industry, used to extract natural gas and oil from deep underground reservoirs. Traditionally, the process has involved a ...

SB219 is in line with Ohio lawmakers’ efforts in recent years to jump-start fracking underneath state lands. While then-Gov. John Kasich signed legislation in 2011 authorizing such drilling, Kasich ...

Clarification: This story was updated to clarify that no drilling will occur until bids are awarded. Ohio is opening up more than 8,200 acres of a wildlife area in southeastern Ohio and another 500 ...

Following months of consultations with energy experts, Mexico is preparing to tap its shale oil and gas reserves using one of ...

Earlier this month, state-owned oil company Petroecuador announced a new project involving “hydraulic fracturing” in an oil block in the Ecuadorian Amazon. As a result, some observers spoke out ...

Ohio has become a state of easy virtue for readily allowing “fracking waste” – the hazardous byproducts of the high-pressure slurries injected to extract oil and natural gas from shale far below Earth ...

A state regulator has adopted a rule banning the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS or “forever chemicals,” in the fracking process. But advocates pushing for more ...

Just at a time when our state and local governments are trying to reduce our carbon footprint, Washington ports are becoming more complicit in the expansion of the fossil fuel industry. Packed crowds ...