"Abandoning years of official skepticism, Oklahoma’s government on Tuesday embraced a scientific consensus that earthquakes rocking the state are largely caused by the underground disposal of billions of barrels of wastewater from oil and gas wells.
The state’s energy and environment cabinet introduced a website detailing the evidence behind that conclusion Tuesday, including links to expert studies of Oklahoma’s quakes. The site includes an interactive map that plots not only earthquake locations, but also the sites of more than 3,000 active wastewater-injection wells.
The website coincided with a statement by the state-run Oklahoma Geological Survey that it “considers it very likely” that wastewater wells are causing the majority of the state’s earthquakes."
Michael Wines reports for the New York Times April 21, 2015.
SEE ALSO:
"Hamm Sought Meeting With OU's Boren on Okla. Quakes in 2011" (EnergyWire)
"Okla. Science Agency Links Quakes To Oil" (Greenwire)
"Big Oil Pressured Scientists Over Fracking Wastewater's Link to Quakes" (Bloomberg)
"State Geological Survey Stayed Silent After Linking Oklahoma Quakes to Oil Industry" (NPR/StateImpact Oklahoma)
"Industry Pressure Kept Oklahoma’s Scientists Silent on Earthquake-Fracking Link Since 2010: Report" (Newsweek)
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