The groups that run the national fracking chemical registry FracFocus announced plans yesterday to make the site easier to use and less prone to errors. The groups that run the national fracking ...

Exxon Mobil's chief executive called for disclosure of so-called fracking fluid during the IHS CERA energy conference last week in Houston. Fracking has become a hot-button issue in the United States ...

A new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Energy Policy calls into question some of the conclusions reached by Harvard Law School researchers regarding the utility of FracFocus.org as a ...

The website used by hundreds of oil companies to publicly disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing fall short of being a useful compliance tool, according to a new study. FracFocus, a voluntary ...

Companies are shielding too much information from public view in an industry-backed database for disclosing chemicals used in oil and gas wells, engineers, environmentalists and energy experts told ...

“FracFocus is just a fig leaf for the industry to be able to say they’re doing something in terms of disclosure,” said U.S. Representative Diana DeGette, a Colorado Democrat. DeGette, along with ...

Well, I guess we should have expected this. “This” being the study released on April 23 by Harvard University, which is highly critical of the FracFocus system for disclosure of hydraulic fracturing ...

For all the anger and divisiveness of the fracking debate, one nonprofit disclosure website may be something that almost everyone can agree on. FracFocus, a year-old site affiliated with coalitions of ...

FracFocus, the online registry of chemicals and other hydraulic fracturing ingredients, will become easier to use when its new version goes into operation on June 1, a witness said during the US ...

FracFocus, the website used by Exxon Mobil Corp. and other energy companies to disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, fails as a compliance tool for the 11 states that rely on it, a Harvard ...

WASHINGTON – A website partially funded by the oil and gas industry could be a “constructive” tool for federal regulators as they consider requiring public disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic ...