The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled last month that a woman who was injured when an earthquake shook her home in 2011 has the right to sue oil companies for damages. In the last five years, Oklahoma has experienced a dramatic rise in earthquakes, while oil production has doubled in the last seven years. Researchers blame the oil and gas industry’s practice of injecting massive volumes of saltwater left over from drilling, reports CBC News.
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