The swarm of earthquakes went on for months in North Central Texas, rattling homes, with reports of broken water pipes and cracked walls and locals blaming the shudders on the fracking boom that’s led ...

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A new study published today in the journal Science has uncovered even more evidence that there is a direct link between the process used for hydraulic fracking of underground natural gas and small ...

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Since late April, more than 50 small earthquakes have rattled Noble County in southeast Ohio, prompting the Department of Natural Resources to stop a hydraulic fracturing operation there. At the end ...

Evidence is growing that fracking for oil and gas is causing earthquakes that shake the heartland. States like Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and Ohio are being hit by earthquakes that appear linked to oil ...

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A new kind of earthquake has been detected in western Canada, one that shakes the ground slower and longer than typical seismic events. These earthquakes, recorded during hydraulic fracturing for oil ...

Pennsylvania environmental regulators have found a likely correlation between a natural gas company’s fracking operation and a series of tiny earthquakes in western Pennsylvania last year. The quakes ...

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Since late April, more than 50 small earthquakes have rattled Noble County in southeast Ohio, prompting the Department of Natural Resources to stop a hydraulic fracturing operation there. At the end ...