Coal's Unexpected New Enemy: Induced Seismicity

Coal's Unexpected New Enemy: Induced Seismicity

by Margaret Ryan, AOL

Margaret Ryan, AOL
The potential for underground injections to cause earthquakes was thought to be a problem for natural gas, but a new National Research Council study says the impacted sector will not be gas. It's a problem for coal.

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