Progress Illinois

The state's permit application process for hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has opened, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said on Tuesday.

A group of southern Illinoisans could learn by Friday whether their request for a preliminary injunction to block the state's fracking rules from being published will be granted by a Madison County judge.

The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules approved the Illinois Department of Natural Resources' revised fracking rules, to the disdain of many environmentalists. 

An attempt to hasten fracking in Illinois has died, according to lawmakers.