Steve Harmon’s house shakes when the mining company 100 yards away blasts into what was once farmland. His patio is constantly covered in a thin layer of fine white sand. He and his neighbors also had ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, his support for fracking has significant impact for ...

Demand is exploding for the massive amounts of sand used in fracking, creating a windfall for mines from Texas to Wisconsin but leading to worries about the health impacts of breathing silica dust.

This is a nice outcropping." Whether it is suitable fracking sand remains to be seen; tests by the state for size, roundness and strength of sand particles will show that. In coming weeks, Marshall ...

Sidley plans to soon have 50 pneumatic tankers hauling fracking sand to area natural gas wells. Photo by Tom Berg. A recent visit to northeast Ohio put me face to face with people involved in the ...