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Wednesday, January 04, 2017

Some Fracking Links

My micro class often picks the chapter on fracking from the book The Economics of Public Issues to read for the weekly quiz. These articles all appeared in 2016.

Study links Texas earthquakes back to 1925 to oil and gas activities.

Seven million people live in regions with higher risk of human-caused earthquakes.

USGS report looks at North Texas seismic, earthquake risks.

Oklahoma Puts Limits on Oil and Gas Wells to Fight Quakes.

Fracking may worsen asthma for nearby residents, study says.

Oklahoma Quakes Decline Amid Curbs on Energy Industry’s Disposal Wells: Drop attributed to restrictions on oil and gas companies’ pumping of wastewater from underground operations.
Cyril Morong at 3:03 PM
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