italy earthquakes Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 14:06:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Could Fracking for Methane Have Caused the Recent Italy Earthquakes? https://www.greenoptimistic.com/italy-earthquakes-fracking-20120604/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/italy-earthquakes-fracking-20120604/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2012 14:06:04 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=24817 You probably heard about Italy’s recent earthquakes and their aftermath. While it’s highly possible that the event had natural causes, there is also the possibility that methane extraction facilities nearby the epicenter have something to do with it. They employ a method called “hydraulic fracking” to crack the rocks beneath the soil by means of […]

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