As U.S. Oil Production Increases, More Americans At Risk of Man-Made Quakes

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By Yale Environment 360Mar 29, 2016, 1:00 pm233 pts
As U.S.-based production of oil and gas has boomed over the last decade, millions of gallons of chemical-laden wastewater has been pumped and stored deep underground. USGS The risk of experiencing an earthquake in 2016. It turns out, however, that this disposal method—popular for fracking waste—is causing a…

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