On Saturday, September 3, a 5.6 magnitude earthquake was felt in seven different states. Said to be caused by fracking, 35 different disposal wells, or places that inject toxic wastewater into the earth, have been shut down. It has been said that these wells are very likely linked to the earthquakes that have been occurring recently, and are thought to pose a serious threat to the environment. Fracking has been a hot topic since the day it began. It's extremely controversial, especially when instances like this earthquake happen. This article highlights the belief that fracking and earthquakes are directly connected, and that drastic changes must be made in order to keep us from destroying our planet from the inside out.
This event can be directly connected to a string of earthquakes that occurred over the span of a month in 2015. Felt in Texas and neighboring states, these quakes were also said to be caused by fracking.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/03/us/oklahoma-earthquake/index.html
I agree that changes should be made so we can preserve our earth. If we are doing something that poses a threat to the world and the people living on it, we should definitely try to stop.
ReplyDeleteI feel that fracking is messing up our earth. I think that is why our infrastructures are falling apart and homes have so many foundation issues.
ReplyDeleteIt amazes me that not much has been done about this issue. Fracking has been around for quite some time and has caused earthquakes in the passed. With this being known it's confusing on why little to no change has been done about it.
ReplyDeleteI find it funny that people get so outraged when it comes to social issues and how people choose to live their lives, but don't care about the planet we live on, the planet that sustains our life. If we keep at the pace we're going, we won't have a planet to fight on!
ReplyDeleteWe're should take cautionary meauseures to prevent this from happening again...this is an issue that shouldn't be overlooked.
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