#CaliforniaFracking - California Drought and Earthquakes Move Local Governments to Impose Fracking Restrictions - eenews.net/stories/1059999688 - In fracking, water mixed with hazardous chemicals is injected deep into the earth to break up shale formations containing fossil fuels. Opponents point out that fracking a single oil well uses an average of 127,127 gallons of water a year, close to the 146,000 needed to support a family of four for a year, based on figures provided by the Western States Petroleum Association, a major oil lobby. Then there’s the earthquake problem. There have been some noticeable tremblers recently in Southern California. The industry says, so what? Earthquakes are almost as common as sunshine in the state. But now states that historically have had little seismic activity, such as Oklahoma, are seeing earthquakes. And perhaps not coincidentally, there is significant fracking in those places, giving critics another weapon to use in lobbying for banning the practice in California, saying the work may be causing the ground to shake more. #FrackingPropertyDamage #FrackingLawyer #FrackingAttorney
Posted on: Sat, 17 May 2014 21:55:06 +0000
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