AltWeeklies Wire
How Fracking Causes Earthquakesnew
A new study connects wastewater injection wells, which have expanded rapidly during the fracking boom, to a ten-fold increase in quakes in some parts of the nation.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
03-19-2014 |
Energy
Sounding the Alarmnew
An early warning system would save thousands of lives when the next major earthquake hits. But will California find the money to implement it?
East Bay Express |
Azeen Ghorayshi |
05-02-2013 |
Environment
Tags: earthquakes
What's Shakin'?new
Many fracking companies send leftovers deep into the earth. But it might be causing a side-effect that's gotten fewer headlines: earthquakes.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
01-26-2012 |
Environment
Tags: Earthquakes, Fracking
Disaster Experts Debate Three Different Methods of Dealing With an Earthquakenew
Following major earthquakes in different regions of the world, three explanations of what to do if you are in a building during an earthquake have emerged. But which is the best approach?
Pasadena Weekly |
Justin Chapman |
03-15-2010 |
Disasters
Earthquake Experts Say There is a Way to Survive 'The Big One'new
November's Great Southern California ShakeOut -- the largest earthquake drill in U.S. history -- aims to find out how many lives and how much property can be saved through quake training and preparedness.
Pasadena Weekly |
Jana Monji and Nathan Solis |
06-17-2008 |
Disasters
The Danger Beneath Your Homenew
A seismic activist thinks there's a good chance some California homeowners' earthquake retrofits are shoddy.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
07-18-2005 |
Science
Disaster in the Making: Homeland Security's Impact on FEMAnew
As the Federal Emergency Management Agency weathers a storm of Bush administration policy and budget changes, protection from natural hazards may be trumped by “homeland security.”
INDY Week |
Jon Elliston |
09-23-2004 |
Policy Issues
Tags: North Carolina, George W. Bush, Department of Homeland Security, FEMA, hurricanes, earthquakes, AAN, American Federation of Government Employees, Bush's first budget director, disaster planning, federal government, flood plains, floods, Florida Panhandle, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), Joe Allbaugh, Laurence Zensinger, Mitch Daniels, tornados, wildfires and other natural disasters, public policy issues
