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In Oklahoma, water, fracking & a swarm of quakes
2013-11-19 21:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Seismologist Austin Holland wants to start an earthquake. From his office a few feet below the earth's surface - a basement at the University of Oklahoma in Norman - Holland, who tracks quakes for the Oklahoma Geological Survey, is digging into a complex riddle: Is a dramatic rise in the size and number of quakes in his state related to oil and gas production activity? And, if so, what can be done to stop it? As part of his wide-ranging research, Holland is proposing to inject pressurized water...
Coding for Quakes
2013-10-17 17:34:52| PortlandOnline
Nathan Gilles in The Portland Mercury, October 16, 2013
Portland Mercury: Coding for quakes - Novick's ready to fight for seismically safer buildings
2013-10-17 17:21:49| PortlandOnline
News story posted to portlandmercury.com October 16, 2013.
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Arkansas homeowners settle suit charging fracking wastewater caused quakes
2013-08-28 22:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Five Arkansas residents who sued two oil companies claiming wastewater disposal wells from fracking caused earthquakes that damaged their homes settled with the companies for an undisclosed sum on Wednesday, according to U.S. court documents and the plaintiffs' lawyers. Several similar suits against the two companies, Chesapeake Energy's operating subsidiary and BHP Billiton, remain active in federal court in eastern Arkansas, though those may also be settled, the lawyers said. The residents...
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Fears of quakes and flammable tap water hit Britain as fracking looms
2013-08-07 01:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: The fear of fracking has come to Britain, replete with worries about potential earthquakes and tap water tainted with natural gas that bursts into flames at the strike of a match.. Since a ban on the method of extracting natural gas was lifted in May, a company has begun exploratory drilling in the southern town of Balcombe to see what reserves may lie locked up in rock strata far beneath its rolling hills and green meadows. Read more: 'Fracking' protesters say drilling jobs not worth environmental...
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