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The Human Quake: Hydraulic Fracturing Linked to Seismic Activity

Shared by The Investigative Newswire on August 13, 2012 · comment

Texas Barnett Shale gas drilling rig near Alvarado, Texas. photo: David R. Tribble

Study finds correlation between seismic activity in North Texas, hydraulic fracturing Asher Price | Austin American-Statesman for McClatchy AUSTIN, Texas — Using newly available technology, a University of Texas seismologist tracking small earthquakes in the Barnett Shale play area [...]

USGS Finds Manmade Earthquakes Since 2001 from Oil & Gas

Shared by The Investigative Newswire on May 7, 2012 · comment

A well pad off of Walnut Road, in Tioga State Forest Pennsylvania, operated by Seneca Resources. photo: J.B.Pribanic

USGS: Recent Earthquakes “Almost Certainly Manmade” Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling By Dusty Horwitt and Alex Formuzis for EWG Washington, D.C. – A U.S. Geological Survey research team has linked oil and natural gas drilling operations [...]

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