Pennsylvania, take a lesson. The United Kingdom announced that it would halt fracking because of “unacceptable risks,” including pollution risks and earthquakes. In the Netherlands hundreds of earthquakes have been linked to fracking, and France and Germany have both banned the process.
Thus far Pennsylvania has taken no action.
Information for this post is from Elian Peltier, “U.K. Halts Fracking, Citing ‘Unacceptable’ Risks,”
New York Times, (3 Oct. 2019), p. 4.
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