The fracking boom remade the U.S. economy and global energy markets. It also left behind a complicated legacy of winners, ...

I first arrived at the motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Wheeling, West Virginia, in 1966. I will never forget traveling up the lovely tree-lined hill for the first time. From the moment I ...

What I found were West Virginians who over the past 15 years have been thrust into unexpected roles as the linchpins of the fracking industry. As natural gas extraction careens forward at a breakneck ...

Fracking’s Forever Problem: Fifth in a series about the gas industry’s radioactive waste. When Tom McKnight started working for the oil and gas industry as a truck driver in Ohio more than 10 years ...