Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ian writes on fossil energies, climate, and transition to renewables. Fracking is a big deal in Pennsylvania (Pa), one of seven ...

Over the course of millions of years, heat and pressure can transform the organic remains of animals and plants into crude oil. That's why they're called a fossil fuels — the long-dead creatures that ...

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 ...

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Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Fracking has burst back on to the national stage in the presidential election contest ...

The vote was met by cheers from many in the audience at the meeting who have been voicing their concerns about fracking, most notably the claim that recent research shows a correlation between ...

Giant new oil and gas wells that require astonishing volumes of water to fracture bedrock are threatening America’s fragile aquifers. Increasingly complex oil wells are sweeping across Texas, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Since Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee for president this ...