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U.S. to pass Saudi Arabia as top oil producer
Scott Tong Dec 10, 2012
A boom fueled by hydraulic fracturing of shale should add millions of jobs in the U.S. The question: How long will it last?
The real energy gusher produced by Ohio fracking: Oil
Scott Tong Dec 10, 2012
The presidential campaign talks a lot about coal in Ohio, but the fossil fuel of the moment is oil. Fracking has made possible a second oil boom, more than a century after the state's first one.
Pennsylvania allows fracking on public college campuses
Eve Troeh Dec 10, 2012
Pennsylvania's state colleges have been hit hard by budget cuts. Now the state is allowing natural-gas drilling on campuses to raise money for the system.
Will New York be next for the fracking-fueled job boom?
Karl Baker Sep 18, 2012
A fracking-fueled job boom has erupted in parts of the U.S. and wages of gas workers have increased. But in New York fracking is banned. That hasn’t stopped an upstate New York school from offering training courses for work in gas fields, because many expect Gov. Andrew Cuomo to lift the ban.
Drinking in Disney World and fracking in Texas
Kai Ryssdal Sep 14, 2012
Disney World finally turns on the tap, and Halliburton puts out "Lost" signs for a radioactive probe its lost in west Texas.
What's the 'fracking' problem? May be its name
Kate Archer Kent May 30, 2012
A new survey suggests “fracking” terminology may need an image overhaul.
Feds issue fracking rules for public lands
Scott Tong May 4, 2012
Companies will have to disclose the chemicals they use to force oil and gas out of the ground. But only after they extract them, not beforehand.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on the fracking debate
David Brancaccio May 1, 2012
The U.S. Secretary of the Interior talks about new efforts to bring tourism to boost jobs and about the department's new partnership with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency.
Fracking linked to more Midwest earthquakes
Elizabeth Wynne Johnson Apr 18, 2012
The U.S. Geological Survey says a "remarkable" increase of earthquakes in the U.S. mid-continent since 2001 is "almost certainly" the result of oil and gas production. How will these findings impact the fracking industry?
Natural gas prices drop to lowest level in a decade
Eve Troeh Apr 12, 2012
The price of gasoline is skyrocketing in the U.S. -- so why is natural gas at its lowest price in years?
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