35930 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20160330-frackingrelated-quakes-make-central-u-s-as-vulnerable-as-california-to-tremor-damageFor the first time, new USGS maps identify potential ground-shaking hazards from both human-induced and natural earthquakes. The new report shows that approximately seven million people live and work in areas of the central and eastern United States ( CEUS ) with potential for damaging shaking from induced seismicity.Tue, 29 Mar 2016 23:33:00 +0200homelandsecuritynewswire-318d8bb1fd66a335c4f1b0db9ce5f2e020160329233300http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2016/03/final_new_orleans_flood_insura.htmlNew flood insurance maps for New Orleans, expected to be made final Wednesday (March 30) by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, promise dramatically lower premiums for many property owners within the upgraded hurricane levee system. The maps remove many properties from Special Flood Hazard Areas that require flood insurance.Tue, 29 Mar 2016 23:20:00 +0200nola-fd7fae60973a16120694e2b8b6b5776120160329232000http://phys.org/news/2016-03-gravitational.htmlLBT (Large Binocular Telescope) In February, the LIGO Scientific Collaboration announced it had detected gravitational waves for the first time, confirming the last prediction of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity. Somewhat overlooked in the excitement that followed is the fact that scientists....Tue, 29 Mar 2016 22:52:00 +0200phys-ffa77f711dcc5e0f453da347f63b23d920160329225200http://www.krcrtv.com/living/money/fracking-fallout-79-million-at-risk-of-manmade-earthquakes/38746394Government scientists believe these quakes are mostly triggered by human activity, primarily the disposal of waste water as part of oil and natural gas drilling. About 7.9 million people are now at risk from these man-made earthquakes, including certain regions in Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Arkansas, the U.Tue, 29 Mar 2016 22:31:00 +0200krcrtv-277c50662546e6c8325be1d1cf72590820160329223100