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applegrove

(130,278 posts)
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 10:37 PM Apr 2025

ProPublica: More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways,

More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways, farmland and neighborhoods.

Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.

(Published Dec. 2024)

ProPublica (@propublica.org) 2025-04-11T03:00:11.170Z


Pro Publica:

More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways, farmland and neighborhoods.

Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.

(Published Dec. 2024)
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ProPublica: More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways, (Original Post) applegrove Apr 2025 OP
I'm sure the companies responsible will pony up... Kid Berwyn Apr 2025 #1
They've done the same in Alberta. It costs $100,000 applegrove Apr 2025 #2
Kick and rec!! Big business screws America and our planet again. 58Sunliner Apr 2025 #3

Kid Berwyn

(22,974 posts)
1. I'm sure the companies responsible will pony up...
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 10:51 PM
Apr 2025

…and ride out of town, after declaring bankruptcy of course, ducking responsibility for contaminating the nation and destroying the planet.

Big Oil is swell.

applegrove

(130,278 posts)
2. They've done the same in Alberta. It costs $100,000
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 10:52 PM
Apr 2025

or more to cap a well. Apparently one of the Dakotas put it in their frakcing leases and oil wells that the companies had to cap their own wells and it has worked.

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