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 ...

(NewsNation) — In the swing state of Pennsylvania, fracking — extracting oil and natural gas from underground formations — is one of the major campaign issues. Due to its economic importance and ...

New research from the PA Department of Health reaffirms what we’ve always known: Fracking is unacceptably risky. We must ban it now. New research from the PA Department of Health reaffirms what we’ve ...

When Pennsylvania pioneered unconventional fracking, the political and regulatory landscape was not prepared for the shale gas boom that would be unleashed across the Commonwealth. Over two decades ...

In a rural pocket of western Pennsylvania, along the leafy banks of Sewickley Creek, a small, jagged pipe juts just above the waterline, its cement casing carpeted in moss. The pipe releases treated ...

Increased natural gas prices triggered a jump in fracking activity in Pennsylvania in the second quarter of 2025, a new analysis by the Independent Fiscal Office shows. The number of new wells fracked ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Could the continued fracking boom in western Pennsylvania help Donald Trump’s electoral chances in Pennsylvania in 2024? That’s the question a front-page article in Monday’s ...

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 ...

Trump is hitting Harris with TV ads about her fracking flip. But the drilling process might not be as important to voters as pundits suggest. If it’s true that support for a fracking ban is surefire ...