fracking

You might recall a story last month in which Detroit Free Press reporter Keith Matheny reported that a Pennsylvania oil and gas company planned to ship up…

West Bay Exploration, an oil and gas drilling company, found no deposits of oil or gas in its exploratory well in Scio Township. So the company is leaving…

This Week in Michigan Politics, Emily Fox and Jack Lessenberry discuss U.S. Senate Terry Lynn Land's plan to fix Michigan's roads, if residents can have…

Michigan officials might allow up to 36 tons of low-level radioactive waste from Pennsylvania into a landfill in Belleville after other states have…

The Michigan Township Association says townships that pass fracking moratoriums could be on shaky legal ground.Scio Township passed a six-month moratorium…

One Michigan township wants to make special deals with oil and gas drillers. State law does not allow townships to regulate oil and gas drilling. But with…

State environmental regulators will put the finishing touches on new rules regarding “fracking” now that public hearings have wrapped up. They expect to…

State officials want to hear what you think about fracking.The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality wants to update the state’s rules on hydraulic…

What do the people who run Michigan's towns and cities think about the prospect of high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking" in or near their…

This story has been updated. 5/9/2014New rules proposed for oil and gas drilling in Michigan are getting a mixed response, at best, from watchdog groups.…