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

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https://bsky.app/profile/propublica.org/post/3lmizndzogr2s

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)

[Kid Berwyn]

1. I'm sure the companies responsible will pony up...

…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]

2. They've done the same in Alberta. It costs $100,000

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.

[58Sunliner]

3. Kick and rec!! Big business screws America and our planet again.