Wastewater from energy extraction 'triggers US quake surge' news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/76026000/jpg/_76026668_480337041.jpg As the oil and gas industry has expanded in parts of the US, so have the number of earthquakes Massive injections of wastewater from the oil and gas industry are likely to have triggered a sharp rise in earthquakes in the state of Oklahoma. 3 July 2014 http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28128772 ; study at http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2014/07/02/science.1255802 --- (linked in): http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=103995536 and preceding and following http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=104001651 and preceding (and any future following)