Fracking

The Environmental Protection Agency recently wrapped up a four-year study on the effects of fracking on groundwater. According to Montana Petroleum Association director Dave Galt, the findings are good news for his industry.

Last week, Ryan Zinke expressed his concerns with the Bureau of Land Management and a Natural Resources Committee subcommittee on the BLM’s inexperience with fracking. Zinke called in to Talk Back on Friday to discuss those concerns.

Yesterday Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke met with the Bureau of Land Management and Natural Resources subcommittee to express his concerns about the BLM’s inexperience with fracking.

A new study by the U.S. Geological Survey shows that at least eight states have experienced a spike in small earthquakes caused by fracking.

Scotts Bluff County's commissioners don't like the location of a proposed disposal well for fracking water in nearby Sioux County and have appealed for help from a state regulatory board.

Studies in states like Ohio are leading seismology experts to look at human induced earthquakes, due to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

An environmental group called the Montana Environmental Information Center(MEIC) is taking Montana Attorney General Tim Fox's office to court over what MEIC argues is the unconstitutional non-disclosure of documents pertaining to fracking...

The oil production technique known as fracking has been occurring on offshore platforms and man-made islands off some of Southern California's most populous coastal communities.

Both Montana Attorney General Tim Fox and Governor Steve Bullock have written letters to Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell in opposition to recently proposed fracking regulations.

Several counties in Northern Colorado are gathering together in discussions to form their own state, citing irreconcilable differences with larger, more urban counties over increased regulation of oil and gas, and other issues.