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Report Links Energy Activities to Higher Quake Risk
Posted by Mason Inman on June 15, 2012
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The energy industry may be increasing the risk of earthquakes by pumping fluids underground, says a new federal scientific study. But the biggest danger is not due to extraction of fuel, but disposal of waste, said the report published Friday by the National Academies of Science. Hydraulic fracturing of shale formations to unlock gas has…
