COLUMBUS, Ohio - Oil and gas producers would be allowed to extend fracking operations on state parks and wildlife areas from a maximum of six years to eight, under a bill passed Wednesday by the Ohio ...

More than a dozen Democrats crossed the aisle to support the legislation. The House approved legislation Friday to prevent the president from enacting a moratorium on hydraulic fracking for oil and ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – State officials who will rule on whether to allow additional fracking in Salt Fork State Park and two other preserved, wildlife areas received nearly 600 public comments about their ...

What is fracking? You may have heard about the effects this oil and gas extraction technique have on the environment, but its impacts extend far beyond that. Between 2007 and 2016, oil production in ...

Fracking, shorthand for hydraulic fracturing, is set to become a cornerstone of President-elect Donald Trump's energy agenda. While it is worth noting that the U.S. is producing more oil and gas than ...

People from several southeastern Ohio counties gathered in Columbus earlier this month, holding signs that read things like “No Radioactive Waste” to try to get lawmakers to pay attention to what they ...

JOHNSON COUNTY, Texas — For Texas farmers and ranchers, clean land and water aren’t luxuries — they’re lifelines. But a new state law has farmers and environmental advocates raising serious concerns.

The fight to stop fracking near the Aurora Reservoir by a neighborhood environmental group in Aurora moved into the next phase, and they are feeling hopeful based on a decision that the state recently ...

Wonder Land: One of the campaign’s most important issues is the vast power and authority of the federal government. Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images This year’s presidential race ...

GUERNSEY & NOBLE COUNTIES, Ohio — Ohio officials have confirmed that a recent series of small earthquakes in Southeast Ohio are tied to oil and gas activity in the region. The Ohio Department of ...