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Colorado finds link between quakes and wastewater wells

2014-07-18 00:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Colorado regulators said on Thursday that the disposal of oil and gas wastewater at a well in Weld County likely caused a series of small earthquakes this year, in another sign that a U.S. drilling boom is contributing to higher seismic activity. The issue of wastewater disposal disturbing underground faultlines has become a national issue in the United States where drilling and wastewater disposal have increased sharply in recent years. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC)...

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