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Brandon Baker

Colorado Regulators Halt Fracking Wastewater Injection Operation After Earthquake Strikes

High Sierra agreed to a 20-day halt after University of Colorado seismologists found evidence of low-level seismic activity near the injection site, including a 2.6-magnitude quake.

June 25th, 2014
Brandon Baker
June 25th, 2014
By Brandon Baker
A worker adjusts hoses during a hydraulic fracturing operation at an Encana Corp. oil well, near Mead, Colo, March 25, 2014.

EcoWatch -- The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COOGC) has directed High Sierra Water Services to stop disposing wastewater into a Weld County injection well as a result of a 2.6 magnitude earthquake striking the area Monday morning, about five miles away from Greeley, CO, the Colorado Independent reported. The earthquake marked the

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