The Truth Behind Hydrualic Fracturing
It is important to understand the effects of fracking that companies do not want to tell you.
Fracking involves drilling deep into the earth and injecting millions of gallons of water, sand, and chemicals under high pressure in order to fracture shale formations and extract the natural gases trapped within the rocks themselves.
Fracking involves processes in which many dangerous and carcinogenic chemicals are used.
Areas near popular fracking areas, such as Ohio and Oklahoma, that have experienced many earthquakes.
Fracking involves drilling deep into the earth and injecting millions of gallons of water, sand, and chemicals under high pressure in order to fracture shale formations and extract the natural gases trapped within the rocks themselves.
New Solutions
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Oklahoma Earthquakes
Is fracking to blame for Oklahoma's earthquakes?
April 6, 2015 - "Since late 2009, the U.S. Geological Survey found Oklahoma has had 300 times more earthquakes than in previous decades. The latest study says 300 million-year-old fault lines have been reactivated and are capable of producing a magnitude-6.0 quake."