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Natural gas production likely cause of southern Colorado earthquakes, experts say

The area known as the Raton Basin has seen a significant increase in seismic activity since 2001, a surge that scientists attributed to nearby natural gas production and its associated waste injection wells, which pump tens of millions of gallons of water produced each year as a byproduct of gas extraction back into the Earth’s crust.

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Peter Fisher: Fixing cities' water crises could send our climate targets down the gurgler
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Peter Fisher: Fixing cities' water crises could send our climate targets down the gurgler

Cities all over the world are facing growing challenges to provide clean, reliable water. And many of the fixes, such as desalination plants, have a huge carbon footprint.
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