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 ...

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 ...

Natural gas extraction companies are currently targeting parts of western and eastern Virginia for drilling using the controversial technique known as hydraulic fracturing with horizontal drilling, ...

RICHMOND, Virginia - The U.S. Forest Service has backed off a proposal to ban fracking in the George Washington National Forest, a move likely to upset conservationists who oppose the controversial ...