Ohio has hundreds of injection wells that store waste from oil and natural gas production. In one southeast Ohio city, ...

The technique, honed over the past 15 years in the US, is now being deployed to unlock hard-to-reach oil and gas reserves ...

The acreages that make up the Wayne National Forest in Southeastern Ohio are a patchwork of land parcels which lie in 12 Ohio ...

More of the Leesville Wildlife Area in Carroll County has been opened up for fracking.

Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a method of extracting oil and natural gas from dense rock or sand where traditional drilling is not an option. Due to the nature of fracking, costs are higher ...

Natural gas extraction may harm the environment more than mining coal does, a recent Cornell study published in the May 2011 issue of Climate Change Letters argued. Led by Prof. Robert Howarth, ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared at Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. It is republished with permission.

A Texas-based company was chosen as the highest and best bid to frack about 170 acres of Leesville Wildlife Area during ...