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Political Factoid

"The majority, if not all
of the earthquakes [in
the Raton Basin in Colorado and
New Mexico
] since August
2001* have been triggered
by the deep injection of
wastewater
related to the
production of natural gas
from the the coal-bed
methane field." -- [emphasis added]
  -- U.S. Geological Survey
 
*   5 earthquakes 1970-2001
95 earthquakes 2001-2011
 
cf. 8100
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