In-demand AI data centers require huge amounts of energy, and companies are turning to areas rich in natural gas (like lee county) for possible solutions By Gordon Anderson | [email protected] If ...

State geologists say North Carolina's Sandhills region is sitting on a bonanza of natural gas, but some residents say the energy isn't worth the risk of drilling for it. The shale rock throughout the ...

A report issued Thursday by an environmental group says North Carolina's local governments could end up paying a high price for natural gas drilling. Lawmakers passed legislation over Gov. Beverly ...

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 ...

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, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina landowners should be extremely careful when considering ceding drilling rights and legislators should require more information and protections for residents as the ...

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.

RALEIGH — A state panel's approval of regulations for fracking should allow North Carolina lawmakers to take the matter up next year on the schedule envisioned by Republican legislative leaders. The ...

RALEIGH N.C. (Reuters) - North Carolina's governor signed a law on Wednesday that will lift a longtime state ban on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, allowing shale gas exploration to begin as early ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A bill clearing the way for oil and gas drilling in North Carolina passed the state House Friday, despite calls from Democratic lawmakers to slow down permitting. House lawmakers ...

The North Carolina House of Representatives has passed a bill that moves the state a step closer to allowing hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" in the state, where it is now banned. The measure calls ...