State News

A Pennsylvania company will invest $380 million to expand natural gas pipelines in the state.

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin has signed into law the nation's first ban on a hotly debated natural gas drilling technique called hydraulic fracturing.

A study by the University at Buffalo's new shale gas institute concludes that state oversight of gas drilling has been effective at reducing environmental problems.

A state legislative panel in Ohio has updated rules from the state's natural resources agency on horizontal oil and gas drilling.

A northwestern Pennsylvania fracking operation has laid off 40 workers because low natural gas prices are slowing down drilling efforts.