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US geological agency calls for data sharing on fracking-induced tremors
2015-02-20 11:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RT: The US Geological Survey has called for more transparency and cooperation among interested stakeholders in order to monitor and mitigate the effects of fracking, a process widely blamed for the recent explosion of earthquakes in states like Oklahoma. A new USGS report, published in the journal Science, connected the increase of unnatural seismic activity in states targeted for oil and gas drilling -- including Oklahoma, Texas, Ohio, and Pennsylvania -- with the injection of wastewater vital...
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