Your Environment Update

The fracking boom brought thousands of jobs to Pennsylvania. But as natural gas prices continue to fall, the fracking boom is turning bust.

On environmental issues, Ohio Governor John Kasich is a bit of an enigma.

At a debate in Flint, Michigan, Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders sparred on a range of environmental issues, including fracking.

A researcher at Indiana University of Pennsylvania is developing a high-tech way of detecting freshness in food that could allow you to bypass unreliable sell-by dates—and the sniff test.

A new study has detected an industrial chemical—introduced to replace a more harmful chemical—is showing up in Great Lakes lake trout.

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are trying to put a price tag on the health costs of burning fossil fuels.

The coal industry is breathing easier after a surprise decision from the U.S. Supreme Court that freezes implementation of Obama's Clean Power Plan.

Meat carries a bigger carbon footprint than most foods. But an Ohio couple is raising an environmentally friendly protein you can get behind—as long as you’re okay with eating insects.