Posted on 02/03/2017 4:11:28 PM PST by Olog-hai
The Environmental Protection Agency has told Oklahoma regulators to do more to protect the state from a surge in earthquake activity that scientists have linked to the underground disposal of oil and gas wastewater.
An EPA administrator sent a letter in November to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, saying a magnitude 5.0 earthquake happened despite state and federal action to curb wastewater injection. The Frontier first reported the contents of the letter. [ ]
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is President Donald Trumps pick to head the EPA. His nomination is pending Senate approval.
Environmentalists have criticized Pruitt for not doing more to reduce seismic activity linked to oil and gas production in Oklahoma.
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“If Guam capsizes it may relieve some of the tectonic stress in OK.”
I think you are poking fun at a very serious matter. The DoD took Hank Johnson very serious and evenly spaced the troops on Guam to properly balance it. Thanks to the Hank’s scientific mind, that catastrophe will never happen.
This is all the more reason the EPA should be taken seriously.
Tornados, don’t forget tornados
Thanks for mentioning reality. Last time I looked at the connection between fluid injection and earthquakes, the evidence was mixed. If there’s a real connection, someone has to figure it out and deal with it because it’s on the plate. If conservatives don’t, progressives will play the usual fantasy game.
This is potentially a classic liberal manufactured problem in the making. The evidence shows that if too much goes into an injection well too fast...earthquakes happen.
Solution: open up more injection wells...and this is where liberals typically swoop in and ban additional injection wells.
Post #7.
They’ve lied about AGW...errr...climate change. Why should we believe them about anything else?
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