“The Boom” is a thoughtful, well-written and carefully researched book that provides the best overview yet of the pros and cons of fracking.

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has already revolutionized the energy business in the United States, which is now 87 percent self-sufficient for gas, and it is transforming environmental policy ...

Fracking — the controversial practice of drilling deep into the earth and cracking through layers of tight shale to extract natural gas — was in the spotlight during last night’s debate.