There certainly is a direct connection between fracking and earthquakes in the central and eastern United States, an important point considering last Saturday’s magnitude 5.6 earthquake that shook Oklahoma. The dramatic increase in fracking for oil and gas in America since 2006 has caused some residents in north-central Oklahoma and southern Kansas to feel like they’re in California. On the other hand, the fracking craze is responsible for the dramatic drop in carbon emissions in America because it has provided enough gas at cheap prices for natural gas to replace coal. Our emissions are now at a 27-year low. Just another human-environmental conundrum that makes policy decisions complex.

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