While man-made earthquakes in the central United States have been linked to disposal of drilling wastewater, a new paper links a growing pattern of quakes in western Canada to the specific practice of ...

Lone Pine estimates that its permit for gas exploration under Quebec's St. Lawrence River covered an area containing as much as 3.3 billion cubic feet of undiscovered shale—a highly lucrative prospect ...

Opponents of the controversial drilling technique hydraulic fracturing are celebrating several key victories this week. On Thursday, the province of New Brunswick, Canada, announced a moratorium ...

EXCLUSIVE / European bans on hydraulic fracturing - or fracking - for shale gas could face lawsuits under a far-reaching investment clause in a draft Canada-EU Trade Agreement treaty, seen by EURACTIV ...

President-Elect Joe Biden has walked a fine line on fracking, seeking to allow the practice while proposing restrictions to limit its greenhouse gas emissions. How have other countries approached ...