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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Moderate Democrats: Splitting the party in two
This is the most important midterm election in American history. If the Democratic Party leadership splits the party and the Republicans win, Democrats will go the way of the Whig and the Tory.
ICE killed a Maine father during an operation targeting someone else
Joan Sebastian Guerrero was fatally shot while driving to work, leaving conflicting federal and eyewitness accounts of why an immigration agent opened fire.
Justice Department probe tests the UAW’s reform movement
Shawn Fain denies allegations that he misused union authority as a federal investigation and leadership election place one of organized labor’s most prominent unions under new pressure.
Inside ICE’s largest detention center
A new investigation describes deaths, medical neglect, hidden detainees, and private contractors inside Camp East Montana at Fort Bliss.
The US kicks off world’s largest naval war games: RIMPAC, China, & the cost...
The newest escalation of U.S. preparations for war on China will further militarize the Pacific and normalizing the prospect of conflict through increasingly large-scale exercises and an ever-expanding web of alliances and military bases.