As debates occur nationwide over the continued use of hydraulic fracturing — colloquially known as fracking — to extract oil and natural gas from shale deposits deep beneath the surface of the earth, ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has updated its regulations of hydraulic fracturing or “fracking,” a technique for ...

Had the Traverse City-based company followed through, it could have been drilling a natural gas well within the Huron-Manistee National Forests to access minerals leased from the federal government ...

Earlier this month, the University announced preliminary findings from a two-year study on the effects of hydraulic fracturing in Michigan. The Hydraulic Fracturing in Michigan Integrated Assessment ...

Professional well-driller Joe Curry of Holly has been speaking out against the expansion of fracking in Michigan. Among his presentations was one given in Ferndale Apr. 23 at the request of Oakland ...

The promise of energy independence has resulted in a natural gas boom across the nation. New technologies in hydraulic fracturing have allowed energy companies to drill into the various shale ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Environmental regulators in Michigan have approved new rules for energy companies that produce natural gas by cracking open underground rock formations. The regulations ...