WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s new rules governing fracking on federal lands drew swift criticism from all sides on Friday, with green groups calling the measures “toothless” and the energy ...

Montana’s oil and gas drilling companies will soon have to disclose more about the chemicals they use to crack the earth, though as new rules are written, environmentalists and landowners say not ...

CASPER, Wyo. -- A first look at what could be the first federal rules for hydraulic fracturing is drawing mixed reactions in Wyoming. A Wyoming oil and gas industry representative says ...

A lawmaker is once again asking Pennsylvania’s top environmental official to turn down a plan by PennEnergy Resources to draw millions of gallons of water a day from Big Sewickley Creek and one of its ...

Following a nearly three-year process of identifying deficiencies and submitting amended water management plans, the state’s Department of Environmental Protection granted a permit for fracking ...

A first look at what could be the first federal rules for hydraulic fracturing is drawing mixed reactions in Wyoming. A Wyoming oil and gas industry representative says not-yet-released federal rules ...