EPA: Oklahoma regulators should do more to curb earthquakes

Associated Press ^ | Feb 3, 2017 6:52 PM EST

[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 Trump’s 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. …

[Olog-hai]

Pruitt can’t get into the EPA soon enough. Alternately (and preferably), just abolish the river-polluting science-denying EPA.

[G Larry]

Plug the cracks with regulators.

It would be their first value added function.

[Texas Fossil]

LMAO Thanks for post

[Oldeconomybuyer]

The only way to “curb earthquakes” is to raise taxes.

It’s working for California.

[InvisibleChurch]

#2 is equally funny. Thx.

[CivilWarBrewing]

Didn’t Trump put a temporary gag order on the EPA to STFU until Pruitt gets in?

[fieldmarshaldj]

Yeah ! While they’re at it, they should do something about those damn tornadoes, too. More legislation should do it.

[Valpal1]

Linked according to who, the EPA and their famously bad science?

[fieldmarshaldj]

Oh, c’mon, bra, this is comedy gold !

[wardamneagle]

Until an 8.5 mag.

[353FMG]

My personal experience with EPA rules and regulations in the oil industry was that they were developed by non-technical people. Some rules were totally asinine.

[Popman]

What amazing arrogance...

Stop earthquakes...LOL...

[manc]

A massive drain the swamp for the EPA, more so for this dept than any other dept, then it is the state dept as close second.

[Sir Napsalot]

>>> EPA: Oklahoma regulators should do more to curb earthquakes

So, if there are “more regulators”, they can prevent the “Big One” in CA they kept telling us about?

[stocksthatgoup]

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[stocksthatgoup]

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/01/major-epa-fracking-study-downplayed-risks-to-us-water-supply-investigation-finds.html

[SandRat]

LMBO! Get Rssie O’Donna; to it on it.

[76Tiger]

Gee - no way any earthquakes in Oklahoma could possibly be related to this: New Madrid Seismic Zone

[hoe_cake]

It IS the EPA, and of course the EPA is always right.

/s (in case you were wondering)

[Riley]

“This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedevere. Explain again how sheep’s bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes.”