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by wizzwizz4 461 days ago
Relevant news article regarding earthquakes: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-49471321

And I'm not sure how fracking lowers emissions? It results in large quantities of methane being emitted: methane is a very potent greenhouse gas (which eventually decays to carbon dioxide, also a greenhouse gas albeit a less potent one). Seems like fracking increases emissions, to me – not that I'm an expert.