Article 3CEWV 'Like thunder in the ground': Texans fear link between quakes and fracking waste

'Like thunder in the ground': Texans fear link between quakes and fracking waste

by
Tom Dart in Texas
from on (#3CEWV)

Wastewater injection, a byproduct of fracking, is the likely culprit behind a surge of earthquakes in northern Texas - and residents want accountability

An earthquake, Cathy Wallace says, feels like "a rumble - it's like thunder in the ground coming towards your house like a train and you can hear it and feel it coming".

Wallace is not based in California, or in any of the US's well-known seismic hot-spots. She lives in north Texas, historically one of the country's least earthquake-prone regions - until the drillers came.

Continue reading...
External Content
Source RSS or Atom Feed
Feed Location http://feeds.theguardian.com/theguardian/environment/rss
Feed Title
Feed Link http://feeds.theguardian.com/
Reply 0 comments