Geothermal Earthquake Risks?

This article in the NYT discusses the risks of a geothermal project in California that intends to use a method to drill into the subsurface that was shut down in Basel, Switzerland, in 2006, due to earthquake concerns.  The take-away:  "[While s]eismologists have long known that human activities can trigger quakes, [] they say the science is not developed enough to say for certain what will or will not set off a major temblor."

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