Tag: earthquakes
Fracking linked to seismic tremors in new study
New research confirms that fracking leads to small, slow earthquakes or tremors, the origin of which had previously been unknown.
Earthquakes. Drought. Geysers. Permian oilfield water woes pile up in west...
At 8:00 a.m. Eastern on January 21, a magnitude 3.4 earthquake shook Culberson County in West Texas midway between Odessa and El...
UK’s only fracking site stops work after two earthquakes in less...
“Even small vibrations at ground level can be the sign of far more damaging impacts deep underground.”
Fracking wastewater may trigger earthquakes for decades even after operations cease
"That has some very interesting and I think important consequences for how we understand the hazard posed by oilfield wastewater disposal."
Fracking can cause earthquakes tens of kilometers away – new research
New research has now linked distant earthquakes to fracking, providing evidence that much larger areas surrounding sites may be at risk from drilling operations than previously demonstrated.
Injecting wastewater underground can cause earthquakes up to 10 kilometers away
The important insight of this study is sedimentary rock injection is not a safer alternative to basement injection.
Native Americans sue frackers over manmade earthquakes in Oklahoma
“If an earthquake comes through here and destroys the buildings, we can rebuild. But if you pollute our water, we’re done."
Fracking fluid caused months-long earthquake events in Alberta: New study
Eaton says he hopes the research will result in better regulation and risk assessment processes.
Oklahoma’s latest fracking-related earthquake sparks demand for withdrawal of oil and...
Despite overwhelming scientific evidence that these dangerous wastewater-injection practices cause destructive quakes, the BLM failed to consider these effects in its evaluation of its latest lease auction in April 2016.
5.0 earthquake hits Oklahoma, continuing string of fracking-induced shakes
Oklahoma has become the world capital of earthquakes.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.