Does Fracking Cause Earthquakes?
WASHINGTON (AP) — The controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas does not pose a high risk for triggering earthquakes large enough to... full story 
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Fracking does cause earthquakes - but you'll hardly feel them
Fracking, the process of extracting shale gas which has been blamed for earthquakes, causes no more seismic activity than jumping off a ladder, according to new research.
telegraph.co.uk (1 month and 12 days ago)
Fracking causes as much seismic activity as 'jumping off a ladder', study concludes
Fracking, which involves blasting underground rock deposits with water and chemicals to release trapped pockets of gas, has been blamed for triggering earthquakes.
dailymail.co.uk (1 month and 12 days ago)
J. Mijin Cha: Voluntary Standards Don't Make Fracking Safe
In the debate over what our energy future will contain, I keep coming back to the question of whether or not fracking can be done safely. There is no question that once out of the ground, natural gas burns cleaner than coal but the actual process of fracking to date has documented evidence of water contamination, increased risk of earthquakes in areas not prone to...
huffingtonpost.com (2 months and 2 days ago)
How ants can detect earthquakes better than other species
Ants can detect earthquakes better than other species. Charles Richter, father of the earthquake-measuring scale, said, “Only fools, charlatans, and liars predict earthquakes.
palmbeachpost.com (1 month and 5 days ago)
John C.K. Daly: More Scientific Evidence Linking Fracking and Earthquakes
As the practice of hydraulic fracturing to produce natural gas continues to spread not only in the U.S. but worldwide, the scientific community has increasingly focused on the environmental consequences of the technique. The most worrisome side effect of "fracking" is the rise of earthquakes in areas where the practice is extensive. The latest evidence comes in the form of...
huffingtonpost.com (1 month and 18 days ago)
What could finally topple Iran's regime? Earthquakes.
In the past half-century, earthquakes have directly contributed to the overthrow of at least two authoritarian regimes in Nicaragua and Iran. By exposing government corruption and incompetency, earthquakes wield the ability to inflict political damage to the world’s most ironclad regimes with a level of potency matched only by their unpredictability.
yahoo.com (8 days ago)
Le fracking for geothermal heat draws ire of French oil
It’s an existential question in France: When is fracking not fracking?
financialpost.com (1 month and 17 days ago)
San Jose Earthquakes lose 1-0 to Portland Timbers
Earthquakes' penalties too much to overcome
mercurynews.com (1 month and 7 days ago)
Anti-fracking amendment rejected in Youngstown
Voters on Tuesday rejected a proposal to ban hydraulic fracturing in a northeast Ohio city where disposal of wastewater from the drilling method led to earthquakes and alleged groundwater contamination.
cantonrep.com (15 days ago)
San Jose Earthquakes blanked by Houston Dynamo
Earthquakes see their three-game unbeaten streak snapped
mercurynews.com (1 month and 22 days ago)
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