From: Truth Out
Friday, 29 January 2016 00:00
By Julie Dermansky, DeSmogBlog | Report
There is a general consensus in Oklahoma that the record-breaking
number of earthquakes occurring in the state are caused by the
disposal of fracking wastewater in injection wells. But there's no
agreement on what to do to stop them.
"We are human guinea pigs in a fracking industry experiment," Angela
Spotts, founder of Stop Fracking Payne County and a Stillwater, Oklahoma
homeowner, told DeSmog. "Regulators tell us they can get the
earthquakes under control as they tinker with the quantity that
wastewater wells are allowed to inject into the ground. But despite
their efforts, the quakes have continued."
Spotts' group has called for a moratorium on injection wells that
dispose of fracking wastewater. "Shutting the wells down stopped the
earthquakes that hit Arkansas. That is what we need to do here too,"
Spotts said.
Angela Spotts at the earthquake hearing in the State Capitol. (Photo: Julie Dermansky) MORE 
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