United States citizens depend on fossil fuels for a majority of our energy needs, but some of the techniques that are used to procure these resources can put us in danger’s way. One of these techniques is fracking, and North Carolina is currently embroiled in a dispute over whether or not it should be allowed. […]
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The New York Times has reported on new research that links scores of earthquakes to fracking wells near a fault in Ohio. The research, published in The Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, says that fracking in Ohio built up underground pressures, which then caused earthquakes along a fault near the wells. According to
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Last week, after extensive review of the research, New York took the first steps toward a complete ban on fracking in the state. Unfortunately, in the same week, North Carolina continued its push toward allowing fracking, with 117 rules, many of which were poorly written, submitted in haste, or barely reviewed at all by the
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