Grist: Shell and ExxonMobil, as well as the Dutch government, ignored for decades that drilling in Europes largest gas field was causing earthquakes that put human lives and property at risk. Thats the takeaway of a new report out this week from an independent group advising the Dutch government.
As the natural gas beneath the Netherlands has dwindled in recent years, residents of Groningen County have experienced an increasing number of earthquakes. Last year, the area was hit with 84. The New York...