Fossil Fuel’s Wastewater Creating Earthquake Boom

Joe Reneau showing damage from two earthquakes to his home in Sparks. (Photo: Sue Ogrocki/Associated Press)In Oklahoma, the oil and gas industry have drilled more than 4,000 “disposal wells” designed to hold wastewater produced from the tens of thousands of extraction drilling sites scattered throughout the state. But as those wells have grown in number … Continue reading Fossil Fuel’s Wastewater Creating Earthquake Boom