Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A fracking rig in a cornfield. (Getty Images.) On the night of Jan. 2, there was an explosion on a well pad in eastern Ohio’s ...

More of the Leesville Wildlife Area in Carroll County has been opened up for fracking.

Flare from a well pad near a home in Southwestern Pennsylvania. A bill in the Pennsylvania Senate would withdraw funding from communities that try to restrict shale gas drilling within their borders.

I wouldn’t wish living next to an active frack site on my worst enemy. The low humming noise, bright lights and vibrations keep you up all night. The foul smells fill your home and your lungs. But ...

A bill in the Pennsylvania Senate would withdraw funding from communities that try to restrict shale gas drilling within their borders. It’s one of a variety of energy and environment-related measures ...