Gas Drilling Wastewater To Blame For Ohio Earthquakes?

A new report on the possible cause of a swarm of earthquakes in Ohio last year, could ramp up the debate over the process known as fracking.

FOX News Radio’s Jared Halpern reports:

It’s not the hydraulic fracturing itself, but how wastewater was disposed afterwards, that Ohio officials believe set off a dozen earthquakes near Youngstown last year. None of those quakes was greater than a 4.0. While stopping short of definitively blaming wastewater injections for the earthquakes, a report from Ohio’s Department of Natural Resources does say it’s unlikely. In addition, it’s laying out new rules for drillers; including more comprehensive geological study at potential drilling sites.

Jared Halpern, FOX News Radio.

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