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Scientists Say Oil Industry Likely Caused Largest Oklahoma Earthquake

2013-03-29 20:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Geographic: The largest recorded earthquake in Oklahoma history was likely triggered by the injection of wastewater from oil production into wells deep beneath the earth, according to a study published Tuesday in the scientific journal Geology. The magnitude 5.7 earthquake, which struck in 2011 near Prague in central Oklahoma, is the largest and most recent of a number of quakes scientists have tied to wastewater injection from oil and natural gas production, raising new concerns about the practice. Advanced...

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Family Survives High-Speed Crash Caused by Hogs

2013-03-29 05:29:47| Agriculture - Topix.net

Jackie Anderson's family was involved in a rollover crash on Texas Highway 130 after crashing into 25 to 30 feral hogs.

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Suncor says frozen pipe caused contaminated water spill

2013-03-26 21:31:35| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

Suncor Energy Inc. said on Tuesday a pipe that broke after freezing was responsible for a spill of contaminated water at its main oil sands project site north of Fort McMurray, Alberta.

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Drawn-out winter may have caused thousands of extra deaths

2013-03-24 11:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Telegraph: As the country was subjected to the worst March snowfall in over 30 years, official figures showed that there were more than 4,000 extra deaths in just five weeks as the wintry conditions persisted. Over 43,700 deaths were registered in England and Wales in February, an increase of 2,891 compared to the average for the same period over the past five years. In the first week of March alone there were 1,265 extra deaths, provisional figures released by the Office of National Statistics show. Age...

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