MARIETTA, Ohio (WCMH) — The federal government is looking to open Wayne National Forest to fracking, with a lease sale ...

Ohio's Oil and Gas Management Commission approved bids to allow fracking on nearly 15,000 acres of public land. The approved areas include Egypt Valley and Jockey Hollow wildlife areas, as well as ...

The state is a major importer of fracking wastewater, which gets pumped underground but doesn’t always stay there. The city ...

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.

Federal officials move to open 2,840 acres of Ohio's Wayne National Forest to fracking, advancing a yearslong effort.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For years, critics warned that Ohio’s solution to fracking waste was not a solution at all. Pump millions of gallons of toxic, radioactive brine thousands of feet underground, apply massive pressure, ...