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What is fracking? (Oil pumps in Bakken Oil Field)

Fracking

18 May 2021

A controversial method for extracting oil and gas by splitting up shale rocks
Humans may be to blame for a big earthquake in South Korea

Humans may be to blame for a big earthquake in South Korea

26 April 2018

An earthquake that struck South Korea in 2017 was caused by a geothermal energy project that injected water underground – and risk assessments missed it

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