Earthquakes Caused by US Shale Oil and Gas Fracking. Methane Leakage from Gas Pipelines

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<p>‘Earthq akes ca se by i jectio of shale oil a gas pro ctio wastes — a metha e leakage from shale gas pipeli es — have proliferate i rece t years, with both iss es well-st ie i the scie tific literat re a grabbi g hea li es i ewspapers atio wi e.</p>
<p>Lesser-me tio e , tho gh perhaps at the root of both problems, is a key exemptio wo by the I terstate Oil a Gas Compact (IOGCC) via a co certe lobbyi g effort i the 1980′s. That is, classifyi g oil a gas wastes as somethi g other tha “hazar o s” or “soli wastes” er S btitles C a D of the Reso rce Co servatio a Recovery Act (RCRA), th sexempti g the i stry from U.S. E viro me tal Protectio Age cy (EPA) e forceme t.’</p>
<p><a href="http://www. esmogblog.com/2016/04/15/ oc me ts-iogcc-loophole-frackq akes-metha e-leakage" target="_bla k">Rea more: Earthq akes Ca se by US Shale Oil a Gas Fracki g. Metha e Leakage from Gas Pipeli es</a></p>