A shale gas drilling and fracking site in Pennsylvania (Photo from Vanity Fair)
What many lawmakers see as a key component of America’s future energy supply is leaving residents of many states quite literally quaking in their sleep, as fallout from aggressive natural gas exploration hit the country in frightening and unexpected ways.
Scientific experts have determined that a series of strong earthquakes in a region of Ohio not generally prone to seismic events have been caused by activities related to natural gas extraction through a process known as “fracking.”
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