Oh Brother… LA City Council Members Blame Fracking for Earthquake

Just like CNN Blaming a black hole for the plane issue these clowns Think Fracking is the cause of the earthquake. These Clowns need to go back to Geology Class in Grade and High school to learn about the Causes of earthquakes!   Stupidity on display!

On Monday morning the Los Angeles area was rattled by a 4.4 magnitude earthquake.

Los Angeles city council members are blaming fracking for the quake.
The LA Times reported, via National Review:

Three Los Angeles City Council members want city, state and federal groups to look into whether hydraulic fracturing and other forms of oil and gas “well stimulation” played any role in the earthquake that rattled the city early Monday morning.

The motion, presented Tuesday by Councilmen Paul Koretz and Mike Bonin and seconded by Councilman Bernard Parks, asks for city departments to team up with the California Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources, the U.S. GeologicalSurvey and the South Coast Air Quality Management District to report back on the likelihood that such activities contributed to the 4.4-magnitude quake.

Earlier this year, the council voted to draft rules that would bar hydraulic fracturing, often referred to as “fracking,” acidizing and other kinds of well stimulation in Los Angeles until council members felt sure that Angelenos and the water they drink were safe from their effects. The risk of triggering earthquakes was among the dangers cited by Bonin and Koretz, who championed the move.

“All high-pressure fracking and injection creates ‘seismic events,’” the motion states. It added, “Active oil extraction activities are reportedly taking place on the Veteran’s Administration grounds in West Los Angeles, nearby the epicenter” of the Monday quake.

“It is crucial to the health and safety of the City’s residents to understand the seismic impacts of oil and gas extraction activities in the City,” the motion said.

Of course, Los Angeles has a long history of significant quakes… But, since when do facts matter to the political left?

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2014/03/oh-brother-la-city-council-members-blame-fracking-for-earthquake/