House Republicans are ramping up their investigations into the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy regarding hydraulic fracturing and its safety.  More »

Two groups of scientists at Cornell University are dueling over whether natural gas from shale is better or worse than coal when it comes to global climate change.  More »

(Updates with details of the administration’s decision.) Ah, election-year politics, where the issues matter far less than the theater. Enter the Keystone XL pipeline a conduit from Canada’s oil sands straight into an American political minefield. The Obama administration officially rejected the application for the pipeline, which would have brought crude oil from Canada to [...]  More »

A federal agency says high natural gas in water wells at two northeast Ohio homes is a public health threat and appears linked to natural gas drilling in the area.  More »

The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking experts to peer review its already-controversial draft study that suggests a likely link between hydraulic fracturing of wells in Pavillion, Wyo., and groundwater contamination.  More »

Families from a small northeastern Pennsylvania town are planning to confront the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over an abrupt change in plans.  More »

As the nation’s light switch and gas pump, Texas releases far more greenhouse gases into the air than any other state, according to federal data released Wednesday.  More »

Boos, applause and the occasional outburst marked a gathering of about 500 northeast Ohioans seeking explanations Wednesday for a series of earthquakes that has hit their area since deep injection drilling came to town.  More »

The most detailed data yet on emissions of heat-trapping gases show that U.S. power plants are responsible for the bulk of the pollution blamed for global warming.  More »

A survey of CFOs found that shale and other unconventional oil and gas fields are likely to attract more money and acquisitions this year. But opposition to hydraulic fracturing is seen as a threat to growth.  More »

U.S. gasoline exports shouldn’t be an excuse for scuttling the Keystone pipeline  More »

Shale drilling has, in some ways, become a victim of its own success. With natural gas now selling for less than $3 per million British thermal units, shale drillers have been looking for foreign investments and other tactics to keep drilling programs going. But at these prices, the more gas they produce only feeds the [...]  More »