fracking

As oil prices dip, controversial and relatively expensive production methods, like oil sands and fracking, have become less profitable. Some drillers are already cutting back on plans for more wells.

Texas is in the midst of a fracking boom, which is opening up huge energy reserves and bringing in jobs. But traffic fatalities, some involving inexperienced and fatigued truck drivers, have surged.

It's been a big year for environmental news in North Carolina. First there was a major coal ash spill into the   Dan River in February that raised concerns about water quality. 

A conservation group is questioning some people who came to a public hearing in western North Carolina to support fracking.

SciWorks Radio is a production of 88.5 WFDD and SciWorks, the Science Center and Environmental Park of Forsyth County, located in Winston-Salem.

Drilling for oil and gas in rural and suburban areas isn't new. But energy extraction companies are now moving into more densely populated areas, raising a new set of concerns for city residents.

Opponents to fracking are protesting ahead of a public meeting surrounding new state regulations  at the Rockingham County High School in Wentworth Monday.

Nearly 150 people in Rockingham County gathered Monday night at the County Cooperative Extension Office in Reidsville to learn the facts about hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

The North Carolina legislature has paved the way for hydraulic fracturing or fracking to begin in the state.