What is fracking? You may have heard about the effects this oil and gas extraction technique have on the environment, but its impacts extend far beyond that. Between 2007 and 2016, oil production in ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The rocky ground deep beneath Southern Illinois will soon be wrung like a sponge to yield previously unreachable oil and natural ...

Few places rely on resources quite like Western Australia, from gas to iron ore, the state has built its financial prosperity on what lies beneath the ground. But in the process of finding the balance ...