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But signs of an uptick in fracking-induced earthquakes are also apparent in the Texas oil patch. Last July, 60 tremors in one week — ranging from small to significant — shook the area around ...

Areas of Central and South Texas, including in the Austin and San Antonio regions, have felt substantial tremors lately. What ...

A bill preventing future presidents from unilaterally banning hydraulic fracking is on its way to the Senate after passing ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday called for the sale of state oil firm Ecopetrol's fracking operations in the ...

But signs of an uptick in fracking-induced earthquakes are also apparent in the Texas oil patch. Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage. Last July, 60 tremors in one week ...

One person, an economist for the Texas Oil and Gas Association ... first time since April 2012 that the city approved a new drill site, opening more land for fracking. In the Barnett Shale, birthplace ...

With Trump winning the election, many things about U.S. energy policy will change, and most likely fracking rates will increase. Fracking is a process that involves injecting high-pressure fluid ...

Even as President Trump slashes support for wind and solar energy, another renewable energy source is finding unexpected ...