Fracking

Environmentalists have considered taking legal action against federal regulators since a Truthout investigation revealed offshore fracking.

The recent confidence in shale gas was likely premature, according to several new reports.

A small city in Texas has taken a bold step forward by banning fracking within municipal limits.

Scientists are getting to the bottom of what's in fracking fluids. Truthout takes a detailed look at two studies that raise red flags.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has been rubber stamping the go ahead to frack-attack all of the US. The people are protesting en mass.

Air samples taken in the Fayetteville Shale show notably elevated levels of formaldehyde, a suspected human carcinogen.

Environmentalists say state regulators have allowed Ohio to become fracking's “dumping ground.”

Oil and natural gas gluts are driving prices so low that drill-baby-drillers may have to hit the brakes.

The first researchers to systematically document ill health in livestock, pets, and people living near fracking drill sites were Michelle Bamberger and Robert Oswald.

Angela Spotts is one of many Oklahoma residents who is wondering why no meaningful action has been taken to safeguard residents.