NORFOLK, Va. – Environmentalists and energy boosters alike welcomed a federal compromise announced Tuesday that will allow fracking in the largest national forest in the eastern United States, but ...

The Virginia Sierra Club is urging the state to withhold drilling permits for modern fracking techniques until the commonwealth completes an independent study on the risks and implements regulations ...

The Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission has put over 12,000 acres of a remote wildlife area, called Egypt Valley, out ...

The Kamala Harris campaign has flip-flopped once again on fracking, with a key official admitting the vice president is not advocating its expansion. Harris’ struggles balancing her climate activism ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A hydraulic fracturing - "fracking" - site in Tyler County, W.Va., in 2021. Photo by Howard Gorrell. If you watched the ...

RICHMOND — Virginia is looking anew at regulations governing hydraulic fracking for natural gas, a drilling method that has spawned a gold rush for the energy resource in the U.S. and given rise to ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Two state agencies will coordinate their reviews of potential permits for hydraulic fracking for natural gas in Virginia’s coastal plain. Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Wednesday ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Environmental and public interest groups are urging officials to halt any new fracking efforts in Virginia until they complete a thorough review of the state's standards.

NORFOLK, Va. - Environmentalists and energy boosters alike welcomed a federal compromise announced Tuesday that will allow fracking in the largest national forest in the eastern United States, but ...