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Oklahoma Shuts Down Wells In the Wake of the Quake
2016-09-04 17:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Gizmodo: Oklahoma was hit with an earthquake yesterday, its second 5.0+ quake this year. The increased number of earthquakes have been linked to the use of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking-specifically the underground disposal wells where the run off from fracking is stored. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has taken note of the relationship between the quakes and the wells and has ordered the shutdown of 35 disposal wells. "This is a mandatory directive," Oklahoma governor Mary Fallin told CNN. In...
Record-tying magnitude 5.6 quake in Oklahoma oil country rattles Midwest
2016-09-04 05:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Oklahoma regulators ordered more than three dozen oil and gas wastewater disposal wells to shut down after a magnitude 5.6 earthquake - matching the strongest ever to hit Oklahoma - struck Saturday morning and reverberated across the Great Plains, rattling even far-off Iowa. People took to social media to report feeling the quake not just in Iowa but Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Arkansas and Nebraska. Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin declared a state of emergency in Pawnee County, epicenter of the quake....
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Lucas Energy acquires working interests in Texas and Oklahoma properties
2016-09-01 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
US-based Lucas Energy has completed the acquisition of working interests in producing properties and undeveloped acreage in Texas and Oklahoma from Segundo Resources and other sellers.
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Oklahoma City to Upcycle Cigarette Trash
2016-08-01 16:37:00| Waste Age
Oklahoma City, Okla., has created new cigarette recycling stations to combat cigarette trash problem. read more
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Coal ash bedevils Oklahoma town, revealing weakness of EPA rule
2016-07-04 01:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Public Integrity: Here in the land of wind-whipped, rolling plains, the gray dust, which sparkles in just the right light, seems inescapable. Residents of this town near the Arkansas line say they have spotted it on their grass, trees, ponds, barns, furniture and cars. The source of Bokoshes enduring misery is coal ash, an often-toxic byproduct of burning coal for electricity. Clouds of it, swirling like tornadoes at times, descend upon people while they sit in their yards and mow their lawns. The powdery material...
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