Earthquake fear ends Dutch gas boom:
The Dutch are proud of the way they have created a country by fighting back the ocean—but when they started making their own earthquakes it proved a step too far.
The tiny village of Zeerijp in the northern Netherlands looks ordinary on the surface, yet closer inspection reveals cracks in homes, schools and historic buildings.
A series of quakes caused by extractions at Europe's biggest gas field in Groningen province culminated in a 3.4-magnitude tremor in January, the biggest for six years.
[...] Facing a wave of public anger over the threat to life and limb, the Dutch government announced that all gas extraction from Groningen will end by 2030.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 27 2018, @05:26AM (1 child)
Did you really have to use "boom" in the headline?
(Score: 2) by driverless on Friday September 28 2018, @02:28AM
With gas I find it's usually more a braaarrrpp!! than a boom.