horizontal hydraulic fracturing

Environmental groups are asking the Biden administration to close a review to cut the Thunder Bay Marine Sanctuary in Lake Huron by 90%.President Barack…

A group of state House Democrats hopes the crisis in Flint will help bring attention to other issues they say threaten clean water in Michigan.They…

Residents of northern Michigan got a surprise last summer. They found out some drilling for oil and gas can be done confidentially. That unnerved some…

Grand Rapids mayor George Heartwell is calling on Governor Rick Snyder to place a temporary ban on hydraulic fracturing in the state.Heartwell made his…

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…

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…

Horizontal hydraulic fracturing has caused a boom in gas drilling in our state and country, but Michigan and the U.S. are certainly not the only places on…

Right now we have abundant supplies of natural gas because of what the U.S. Energy Information administration calls robust inshore production, there is a…

We continued our look at energy in Michigan on the show. Today, it's all about fracking. Horizontal hydraulic fracturing has led to an abundance of…