United States Geological Survey
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 United States Geological Survey     | |
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| Parent organization | US/Department/The Interior |
| Headquarters | Reston, Virginia, United States |
| Leader | USGS 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 |
| Staff | 8,670 |
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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References
- ↑ http://www.usgs.gov/faq/categories/9833/3428
- ↑ http://www.mining.com/1-trillion-motherlode-of-lithium-and-gold-discovered-in-afghanistan/
- ↑ a b http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-war-is-worth-waging-afghanistan-s-vast-reserves-of-minerals-and-natural-gas/19769
- ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/afghanistans-untapped-minerals-worth-3-trillion-2003616.html
