Shale Shocked: ‘Remarkable Increase’ In U.S. Earthquakes ‘Almost Certainly Manmade,’ USGS Scientists Report

This situation is totally out of hand all over the US...has been for years. Watch "Gasland."

Why do you think Louisiana has "Cancer Alley?" It's because we've allowed the oil & gas companies to rape us for decades. Now they're doing it to the whole country.

Companies like Chesapeake Energy come into a small town, pay the landowners a couple thousand dollars, donate to a few charities, then proceed to frack the hell out of our pristine forests.

Our state government LOVES them (and their campaign contributions) - while our well-intentioned citizens keep raising more & more money for St. Jude's.

So far this year, our Governor & state legislature have privatized Medicaid & public education - funded by public tax dollars. Gov. Bobby Jindal forfeited a federal grant to bring internet access to our rural citizens, thereby keeping them from learning about what's really going on with the oil/gas industry. Keeping the citizens stupid, desperately sick, & working for minimum wage is our state's best policy for attracting more oil & gas $$ to our state.

Conditions in Louisiana are indicative of the future of this country if we continue our dependence on oil & gas. Mark my words.  ~DBE 

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Shale Shocked: ‘Remarkable Increase’ In U.S. Earthquakes ‘Almost Certainly Manmade,’ USGS Scientists Report: pA U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) team has found that a sharp jump in earthquakes in America’s heartland appears to be linked to oil and natural gas drilling operations. As hydraulic fracturing has exploded onto the scene, it has increasingly been connected to earthquakes....