fracking

When a ban might not be a banLegislators set out this year to make telemedicine more practical in Kansas. They drafted a law that would force insurance…

While scientists have gained a clearer understanding of what's causing recent earthquakes in the Great Plains, they haven't reached a point where people…

Earthquakes in the Central U.S. have been steadily increasing due to oil production, gas extraction and disposal of wastewater. Seismologist Heather…

When you think of earthquakes, you think of California and Japan, but not usually southeast Missouri. As the most seismically active region of the country…

KCUR's new investigative show, Reveal, this weekend explores energy production in the United States.Airing Sunday at 7 p.m., Reveal will look at how…

This story was originally published Feb. 12, 2015.If you think of an illustration of Oklahoma, you may picture a pan-shaped state, with an oil derrick on…

Many residents of Dish, Texas, blame the fracking operations that surround their tiny town for a host of health problems — from nosebleeds to cancer. The former mayor was so scared, he left town. But scientists who've studied Dish say there's not enough evidence to link natural gas operations to any illness.

Hundreds of thousands of natural gas wells have sprung up across the country. In Garfield County, Colo., the drilling rigs are so close to homes that some people call them "Close Encounters." When the gas boom began a decade ago, residents began asking: Is it safe to live this close? Their quest for answers became too polarizing to pursue.

A committee in the Kansas House is considering legislation that would allow the state to write new rules regulating hydraulic fracturing, known as…

After finding success and controversy in other states, horizontal fracking is bringing a new angle to the oil and gas business in Kansas, along with…