Sierra Club Sues Gas Industry Claiming Waste Injection is Causing Earthquakes in Oklahoma and Kansas
February 22, 2016
The Sierra Club has sued Chesapeake Energy, Devon Energy and New Dominion in federal court in Oklahoma. The complaint alleges that waste injection by all three companies has contributed to an increase in the number and severity of earthquakes throughout Oklahoma and southern Kansas. Specifically, it claims that the number of earthquakes in Oklahoma has increased more than 300 fold, from a…