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Mary Milkowski, who lives in Harrison County, West Virginia, said the dust from passing trucks was so bad her family stopped using their porch.
June 14, 2019 | 5:23 AM

In West Virginia, fracking companies lost on trespassing, but a court just gave them a different win

By Ken Ward Jr./The Charleston Gazette-Mail
David Wentz looks out from a hill on his land. Wentz sued EQT Corp. for building natural gas wells there.
December 31, 2018 | 5:01 AM

Powerless: What it looks and sounds like when a gas driller overruns your land

A ProPublica special project visits West Virginia residents who are close neighbors with gas-drilling operations.

By Ken Ward Jr./The Charleston Gazette-Mail, Al Shaw/ProPublica and Mayeta Clark/ProPublica
Along U.S. Route 19 in southern West Virginia, row after row of pipe is stockpiled in preparation for construction of the 300-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline, one of several major natural gas pipelines that will crisscross the state as the industry booms.
April 30, 2018 | 12:00 PM

West Virginia is grappling with cost, benefit of natural gas industry. Some see a warning in state’s history with coal

By Ken Ward Jr./The Charleston Gazette-Mail