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==Fracking==
 
==Fracking==
 
The USGS has declared that "[[fracking]] causes small earthquakes", but claims that "they are almost always too small to be a safety concern." <ref>http://www.usgs.gov/faq/categories/9833/3428</ref>
 
The USGS has declared that "[[fracking]] causes small earthquakes", but claims that "they are almost always too small to be a safety concern." <ref>http://www.usgs.gov/faq/categories/9833/3428</ref>
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==Afghanistan==
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A 2007 USGS survey reported nearly $1 trillion in mineral deposits in [[Afghanistan]]<ref>http://www.mining.com/1-trillion-motherlode-of-lithium-and-gold-discovered-in-afghanistan/</ref>, but as ''[[Global Research]]'' notes, "the matter of Afghanistan’s mineral riches, however, was not considered newsworthy at the time."<ref name=gr>http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-war-is-worth-waging-afghanistan-s-vast-reserves-of-minerals-and-natural-gas/19769</ref> It was widely reported in Summer 2010. Some commentators have suggested that this is a large underestimate of the true wealth of the available minerals<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/afghanistans-untapped-minerals-worth-3-trillion-2003616.html</ref> while ''Global research'' dismisses it as "a useful smokescreen...  more a trumped up number rather than an estimate".<ref name=gr/>
 
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Latest revision as of 07:29, 18 August 2016

Group.png United States Geological Survey   WebsiteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
United States Geological Survey.svg
Parent organizationUS/Department/The Interior
HeadquartersReston, Virginia, United States
LeaderUSGS Director
Subgroups•  USGS Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility
•  Earthquake Hazards Program
•  National Volcano Early Warning System
•  National Geomagnetism Program
•  Astrogeology Research Program
•  USGS-Stanford Ion Microprobe Laboratory
•  National Streamflow Information Program
•  National Water-Quality Assessment Program
•  National Wildlife Health Center
Staff8,670

Fracking

The USGS has declared that "fracking causes small earthquakes", but claims that "they are almost always too small to be a safety concern." [1]

Afghanistan

A 2007 USGS survey reported nearly $1 trillion in mineral deposits in Afghanistan[2], but as Global Research notes, "the matter of Afghanistan’s mineral riches, however, was not considered newsworthy at the time."[3] It was widely reported in Summer 2010. Some commentators have suggested that this is a large underestimate of the true wealth of the available minerals[4] while Global research dismisses it as "a useful smokescreen... more a trumped up number rather than an estimate".[3]

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