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  Seven million Americans could be in danger from man-made earthquakes created by fracking, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has concluded. Incredibly, the risk from fracking-induced damaging quakes in parts of Oklahoma and Kansas is now similar to what ...

A court in the Netherlands has ruled that two of the world’s largest companies, Exxon-Mobil and Shell, caused earthquakes and damage to homes by drilling for natural gas. The ruling means the two companies will have to compensate thousands of ...

Fracking is causing earthquakes in Oklahoma and other states, scientists from the US Geological Survey (USGS), the University of Colorado, the Oklahoma Geological Laboratory and Lawrence Berkley Laboratory have determined. A new paper published in the journal Science states that ...

With nearly 60 percent of California in an exceptional state of drought since 2011, and farmers in the state’s Central Valley forced to pump groundwater from deep below to irrigate their crops, researchers are suggesting that removing the groundwater could ...

A waste disposal process related to fracking has made Oklahoma the second most earthquake-prone state in the US after California, new research indicates. Experts at the University of Colorado-Boulder and Cornell University say they have scientific evidence that the dumping ...

Residents of Oklahoma should prepare themselves for a major earthquake in the near future, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has warned, and the rest of the country should take notice. The survey’s scientists say that a dramatic increase in ...

The New Madrid fault line remains very active and could prompt “future large earthquakes,” according to a new study by the US Geological Survey. The most powerful earthquakes to ever occur in America happened along the New Madrid fault line, ...

Fracking apparently is the cause of recent frequent earthquakes in parts of the United States where quakes are historically rare. Research indicates that tremors in Ohio, Oklahoma, Colorado, Arkansas and Texas might have been caused by fracking. “We can’t guarantee ...

Energy is the driver of any advanced economy, and fossil fuels are a key part of US energy needs. For decades this has mostly meant oil, but natural gas now is seen as a plentiful, relatively clean resource. The USA ...

by Capt. William E. Simpson II – USMM Over the past few years, disaster preparedness (“prepping”) has become a popular topic. A very large mix of people have begun preaching prepping, all having different motives for promoting their particular views ...