Some of the quiet country roads of central North Carolina might not be so quiet much longer. Earlier this year, the state legislature voted to end a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, an extraction ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A judge has halted the approval of fracking operations in North Carolina until a higher court weighs in on the legality of the appointment of several boards that manage state ...

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) signed into law a bill ending the Tarheel State’s moratorium on energy production via hydraulic fracturing. Fracking to Begin in 2015 The governor’s action ends a ...

On the first day on which natural gas drilling permits can legally be accepted in North Carolina, legislators who oppose the practice called Tuesday for a moratorium. Under a 2014 law, the state's ...

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Fracking is one step closer to happening in North Carolina. Late Friday afternoon, the group charged with drafting the rules that govern the controversial drilling method unanimously ...

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - North Carolina moved closer to joining a number of states that have embraced shale gas exploration using hydrofracking, under legislation the state's House of ...

A North Carolina lawmaker says she feels "rotten" after accidentally voting to override the veto of a bill to legalize fracking—the controversial technique of extracting natural gas—in the state. Rep.

A Senate commerce committee gave its approval Tuesday morning of a reworked Senate Bill 820 crafted by Senate and House Republicans that opens the controversial legislation up for speedy votes in the ...

Where once there was hope, now there is anger. In Sanford, where the N.C. Mining and Energy Commission held a public hearing on a draft of the state’s fracking regulations, opponents of the ...

Geologists say six North Carolina counties have the potential for natural gas production, with the best prospects in Lee County. Getting that gas, using a process called fracking, has divided some ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Gov. Pat McCrory has signed into law a bill that clears the way for permits to be issued for gas drilling by a method called fracking in North Carolina as soon as next spring.