With every passing day, the national economy seems to take a turn for the worse. Reports say that more Americans are in poverty than ever before, and the number of jobs may not return to prerecession ...

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 ...

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 ...

This was supposed to be the last in a series of articles on fracking activity in Michigan, but due to all the good questions and comments, I will do the final article next week. If you missed the ...

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 ...