First ‘Red’ Level Tremor at UK Fracking Site Put Legal Pause on Operations

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By Olivia RosaneOct 29, 2018, 7:41 am67 pts
The return of fracking to the UK is off to a truly shaky start. Cuadrilla Resources was forced by law to pause operations at its site in Lancashire, England when a tremor with a magnitude of 0.8 took place in the area Friday morning, The Guardian reported. A map showing the location of Friday's fracking-induced…

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