From: brewnoser2@gmail.com   
      
   First there were minor ones - both in Alberta and BC.  Then there was lots of   
   dialogue and denial about 'what caused those earthquakes'.     
      
   Well now we know - and the one in BC was not a minor one.  Stop the fracking   
   and get the hell out of BC.   
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   CBC News Posted: Dec 16, 2015   
      
   Earthquake in Northern B.C. caused by fracking, says regulator   
   'This seismic event was caused by hydraulic fracturing,' says regulator's CEO   
      
   British Columbia's energy regulator has confirmed that a 4.6 magnitude   
   earthquake in northeast B.C. in August of this year was caused by a nearby   
   fracking operation.   
      
   "This seismic event was caused by hydraulic fracturing," said Ken Paulson, CEO   
   of the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission.  Paulson said fewer than one per cent of   
   fracking operations trigger seismic activity, and those quakes tend to be low   
   magnitude and cause    
   little damage.   
      
      [note who said the above]   
      
   The quake struck in August, about 110 kilometres northwest of Fort St. John,   
   near a gas fracking site operated by Progress Energy.   
      
      [Progress Energy is owned by PETRONAS, short for Petroliam Nasional Berhad,   
   is a Malaysian oil and gas company].   
      
   Hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" is a process that involves pumping a   
   mixture of water, sand and chemicals underground at high pressure to fracture   
   rock and release trapped natural gas.   
      
   Studies have linked fracking with earthquakes in the U.K., Oklahoma, and in   
   B.C.   
   Largest fracking-related quake   
      
   The epicentre of the August quake was three kilometres from the Progress   
   Energy fracking site.  The operation shut temporarily immediately after the   
   quake but soon restarted with continued monitoring.   
       
   Fracking operations have previously triggered small earthquakes in B.C. In the   
   U.S., the disposal of frack waste has triggered larger quakes.  But scientists   
   said last summer that the 4.6 magnitude August quake may be the largest in the   
   world caused by    
   hydraulic fracturing.        <<===== !!   
      
   No one was injured in the earthquake and there was no damage reported, but   
   shaking could be felt for several kilometres.   
      
   In a written statement, Progress Energy says it takes the incident very   
   seriously, and is closely monitoring seismic activity near its frack sites.   
      
   Meanwhile, B.C.'s energy regulator says it continues to closely monitor   
   seismic activity and B.C.'s gas fields, and that it's still business as usual.   
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   Honn Kao:   
   "The key issue really is if we have all the necessary practice protocol in   
   place so that we can set the level to a certain acceptable risk.  Then the   
   community will feel much less afraid and therefore we can reach a very nice   
   balanced approach between    
   the development and the public safety.   
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   No, it's not the "communities fear" that must be adjusted.  It's the damned   
   fracking for natural gas that must stop.  We need our water, but we don't need   
   our natural gas for export.  Get it right.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)