Calling silica sand a direct and indirect threat to health, community and the environment, representatives from more than a dozen organizations called for a ban on frac sand mining Monday, the eve of ...

Winona County needs to ban frac sand mining to save our water resources and delicate trout streams from mining pollution. Winona County needs to ban frac sand mining to save our precious farmland from ...

The frac sand boom has divided residents into those who believe mining will create sorely needed jobs in rural Wisconsin and those who fear the impacts the mines may have on health, road safety and ...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is allowing more frac sand mines to open even though it let its environmental regulations on the industry expire nine months ago because the rules didn’t ...

But as the mining operations and processing plants for “frac” sand for the oil and natural gas industries open around the area, it is clear that what is taking place is the sudden rapid expansion of ...

A frac sand mining operation must pay $80,000 for discharging sediment into Burnett County wetlands, a creek and the St. Croix River, which is part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. A ...

Wisconsin’s frac sand mining industry isn’t going away, but industry experts say not all mines will survive as market forces change the business model. Advances in a gas and oil mining technique known ...

CALEDONIA, Minn. — An environmental group on Tuesday proposed banning large-scale frac sand mining. The Houston County Protectors offered the county board what the advocacy group described as a ...

In this country, there's an ingredient that's key to the success of new oil and gas technologies. That crucial ingredient is ordinary and plentiful, but only found in a few places and obtaining it ...