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Study Details Fossil Fuels that Must Be Left Untouched to Avoid Devastating Global Warming A new study finds more than 80 percent of the world’s known coal reserves and about half of gas reserves must remain unburned in order to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change. The report published in the journal Nature outlines specific limits, saying 92 percent of U.S. coal supplies, most Canadian tar sands oil, and all oil and gas in the Arctic are unburnable if the world is to keep an increase in global temperatures below the agreed-upon cap of 2 degrees Celsius. Series of Earthquakes in Texas Raises Potential Link to Fracking A city in Texas has been hit with a string of earthquakes including at least 12 over a single 24-hour period, an occurrence that may be linked to the drilling practice of fracking. The U.S. Geological Survey has confirmed two more earthquakes shook the North Texas city of Irving Thursday following a series earlier last week. Previous studies have linked fracking to earthquakes in New Mexico, Colorado and Ohio through the injection of high-pressure water and chemicals to crack shale rock underground. youtu.be/y4MySVcL9z4?t=6m25s
Posted on: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 23:40:17 +0000

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