Tag: earthquakes

Sweatshops Kill

By Erik Loomis

In General

On September 27, 2017

I am far from surprised that a sizable number of the deaths in the Mexico earthquake are sweatshop workers toiling in an unsafe building. In Mexico City, social movements and working people are in mourning after the devastating 7.1-magnitude earthquake of Sept. 19 demolished a four-story factory in the working-class Colonia Obrera district of the […]

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Keep on Fracking!

By Erik Loomis

On March 31, 2016

Now that the USGS has determined that Oklahoma has as much chance of a damaging earthquake in the next year as California, the only solution is to frack, frack away! I was in your state writing about

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Earthquakes and Energy

By Erik Loomis

On October 22, 2015

Gee, maybe Oklahoma should take the geological impacts of fracking seriously… A sharp earthquake in central Oklahoma last weekend has raised fresh concern about the security of a vast crude oil

Frackquakes

By Erik Loomis

In General

On February 19, 2014

The geologically stable state of Oklahoma has experienced over 500 measurable earthquakes in 2014, far and away already a record for the state and it is February. Why? Fracking, duh. Scientists have drawn links between earthquakes and wastewater injection wells used for oil and gas production, including fracking. Researchers say the toxic wastewater, stored thousands […]

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Can We Execute Those Who Miss Their Tornado Touch Down Predictions by One Mile?

By Erik Loomis

On October 22, 2012

Nothing is more likely to guarantee good science than sentencing those who allegedly missed an earthquake prediction to six years in prison.

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Couples making $400K a year: still rich, no matter where you live · February 2, 2023
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Couples making $400K a year: still rich, no matter where you live · February 2, 2023
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Couples making $400K a year: still rich, no matter where you live · February 2, 2023
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