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July 16, 2015

Natural Gas Ousts Coal as Top Electricity Producer for First Time 
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In other energy news, newly released figures show more electricity was
produced in the United States in April from natural gas than coal for
the first time ever. Meanwhile, the Oklahoma Supreme Court has
unanimously ruled that state residents can sue oil and gas companies for
damage or injury caused by earthquakes, which have been linked to
fracking. Before the fracking boom, the state had an average of one or
two 3.0-magnitude earthquakes a year. Now, according to the U.S.
Geological Survey, the state averages two earthquakes of that magnitude
every single day.

 

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