Roger Hanshaw, a Republican lawyer from Clay County, represents natural gas companies and gas industry lobby groups in his private legal practice while voting on measures that directly affect their businesses.
The low number is part of a steep and steady drop that's been ongoing since 2007.
After a federal appeals court blocked a permit for the Mountain Valley Pipeline, the state's Department of Environmental Protection is changing standards to subvert the ruling.
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to weaken Obama-era rules about leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming.
Justice Beth Walker voted to re-open an already decided case around the time her husband owned stock in a variety of energy companies. And that's not even why she's been impeached.
It's the second time in two years that the judge has overruled efforts by Fayette leaders to protect their county from what they view as the negative effects of West Virginia's natural gas industry.
The leak, which began in October of 2015, led to the release of an estimated 109,000 metric tons of methane into the atmosphere.
At least one member of the state’s trade delegation who helped negotiate the deal—a gas industry executive—was also working to help his private company on the trip.
A proposed natural gas pipeline is uniting Oregonians across the political spectrum.
Sunoco Pipeline will now resume construction activities after receiving a $12.6 million civil penalty for violating construction permits for its Mariner East 2 pipeline project.
The U.S. is projected to see growth in energy exports as a result of increased energy efficiency, new electricity generation, and a continued projected growth in the production of liquids and natural gas.
A study of a blowout site in the Netherlands offers safety lessons for natural gas fields around the world.
Increases in toxic ozone and benzene gases as a result of fracking pose a threat to our air quality.
Even on a good day, Southern California's natural gas infrastructure is a major greenhouse gas emitter.
Meet the man who provided the first estimations of the Porter Ranch gas leak.
The federal government's new moratorium on mining leases is just one of many setbacks for Big Coal.
Empty the grounds, add some lye ... hey, you've got a methane trap going.
A study finds that economic recession led to an 11-percent decline in carbon emissions, which could spell trouble for the future.
The Obama administration maintains that the proposed international trade agreement would be good for the American people and the economy, but there's a reason all negotiations have been shrouded in secrecy.
That means monitoring historically inactive areas, such as north central Texas, the way we now monitor earthquake-happy California.
Just-announced regulations take a step toward ensuring safer and more transparent fracking methods.
A Pennsylvania gas company offers residents cash to buy protection from any claims of harm.
In Ohio, where gas drilling is booming and toxic waste abundant, legislators acted modestly to address concerns about public safety.
In Pennsylvania, opponents of gas drilling say regulators are slow and unprepared in responding to air quality complaints.