This New Yorker article offers a perspective about the relationship between fracking and the intensity and frequency of earthquakes, “In recent years, other states with oil and gas exploration have also seen an unusual number of earthquakes.”

The increased seismicity is likely due to changes in the way oil and gas are produced. Credit Illustration by Shout

The article prompts questions for each of us in the quest for oil and gas.

• What is the impact on the environment?
• What about the water supply?
• What’s the danger with “oil trains” and pipelines?
• What else do we not know?