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Energy technologies run risk of causing earthquakes, new report says

Oklahoma City : OK : USA | Jun 15, 2012 at 10:00 AM PDT
Source: Tulsa World
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Courtesy National Research Council Hydraulic fracturing has a low risk for causing earthquakes -- but underground injection of fracking wastes and other energy technologies present greater seismic risks, a report from the National Research Council says. FULL ARTICLE AT Tulsa World
 
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