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11/29/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Study: Injecting wastewater deep underground is responsible for the surge of earthquakes in Oklahoma and other regions

Have you been wondering what is causing the recent spate of earthquakes in Oklahoma and the rest of the United States? In an article on PBS NewsHour, researchers warned that these quakes are caused by underground injections of wastewater. Fracking and other enhanced oil recovery methods create a lot of contaminated water as a byproduct. To […]

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