You’ve heard of geothermal energy — it’s touted as a clean alternative. You’ve also heard of fracking, which is … not always thought of that way. One creates energy from the earth’s heat. The other ...

Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of stories reflecting on 20 years of gas drilling in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Twenty years after the first gas well was fracked on the Renz farm in ...

What questions do you have about the 2024 elections? What major issues do you want candidates to address? Let us know. With all the talk of fracking in Pennsylvania during this presidential race, it’s ...

Hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as fracking, has been used in the United States for decades — stretching back to the 1940s and 50s. However, the technology boomed in the country during the ...

A Special Report released by the Heritage Foundation in April 2025 has found that New York’s decision to ban the process of hydraulic fracturing (commonly known as “fracking”) for natural gas in 2010 ...

Energy independence was a focus during the candidates' Pennsylvania debate. When Kamala Harris and Donald Trump met on the ABC News debate stage this week, the vice president reiterated her changed ...

Tim Latimer has always liked digging. “When I was 7 years old I deci-ded I wanted to dig a hole in the ground and just kept digging for a week,” he recalls. “I had seen some TV show about a cool ...

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 ...

Javier Blas is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering energy and commodities. He is coauthor of “The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources.” The US oil industry ...

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 ...