CHICAGO (AP) – After years of clashing over the drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” the oil industry and environmentalists have achieved something extraordinary in Illinois: ...

CHICAGO (AP) – High-volume oil and gas extraction probably won’t begin in earnest in Illinois until next year because the state first must adopt rules and hire dozens of new employees to help regulate ...

ST. LOUIS -- The oil and gas drilling technique known as "fracking," once trumpeted as a job-creating boon for Southern Illinois, is off to a feeble start in the state as slumping oil prices and the ...

Steve Harmon’s house shakes when the mining company 100 yards away blasts into what was once farmland. His patio is constantly covered in a thin layer of fine white sand. He and his neighbors also had ...

A bill currently being negotiated in the Illinois House of Representatives would regulate large-scale hydraulic fracturing -- or fracking -- in the state, and the Missouri mining industry stands to ...

CHICAGO (AP) — More than a year after a much-lauded compromise paved the way for high-volume oil and gas extraction in Illinois, the agency in charge of overseeing the practice has hired just four of ...

A bill that would create thousands of jobs in Southern Illinois by allowing high-volume oil and gas drilling passed in a top Illinois House committee Tuesday. A bill that would create thousands of ...

You may hear a lot of discussion concerning a technique more-widely used in oil and natural gas production called “fracking” -- a fairly crude nickname applied to the process known as hydraulic ...

(AP) High-volume oil and gas extraction probably won’t begin in earnest in Illinois until next year, even though a bill establishing the nation’s toughest regulations sailed through the Legislature.