Barnett Shale Energy Education Council
In recent years, North Texas has experienced an apparent increase of earthquakes – all low in magnitude – and scientists have been quick to blame underground wastewater injection activity as being responsible. However, Energy in Depth recently reported that the wastewater injection wells in North Texas are rarely the cause of earthquakes in the area – that even though there are thousands of injection wells throughout the Barnett Shale region, academics and U.S. Geological Survey researchers believe fewer than two-dozen could be sources of felt seismicity.
Read MoreFor years, Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) has struggled to attain federal ozone clean air requirements, and hydraulic fracturing or fracking in the Barnett Shale region has received a lot of the blame.
Read MoreIn recent months, there have been some major developments across the country concerning hydraulic fracturing. In November of 2014, the city of Denton, Texas, banned hydraulic fracturing within its city limits – despite warnings of the ramifications to the economy. One month later, hydraulic fracturing was banned within the entire state of New York.
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