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February 6, 2020
California’s multibillion-dollar problem: In Arvin, fumes remain near homes and schools
Five years ago, Elvia Garcia returned to her home in Arvin, which she said had been looted...
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February 6, 2020
California’s multibillion-dollar problem: More than 7,600 wells on pause
CRC has since faced harsh market forces. Oil production at the wells now owned by the comp...
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February 6, 2020
California’s multibillion-dollar problem: Oil industry lobbies to limit its cleanup obligations
People living near unplugged oil and gas wells face exposure to cancer-causing chemicals, ...
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February 6, 2020
California’s multibillion-dollar problem: The toxic legacy of old oil wells
Thousands of wells across the state, including near residential areas, have been left inac...
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December 30, 2021
Federal government seeks input on how to spend $250 million to clean up abandoned oil wells
Federal regulators are looking for ways to spend $250 million earmarked for cleaning up ab...
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September 17, 2020
Gas Companies Are Abandoning Their Wells, Leaving Them to Leak Methane Forever
In the past five years, 207 oil and gas businesses have failed. As natural gas prices crat...
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March 29, 2019
Literally Millions Of Failing, Abandoned Wells
In California’s Central Valley and along the South Coast, there are many communities lit...
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December 12, 2021
Methane regulations were one victory of the Glasgow climate talks. What comes next?
This year’s global climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, came with the usual sense of anti...
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February 1, 2022
U.S. Senator Alex Padilla Announces California Eligible for Over $61 Million in Federal Funding to Clean Up Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells
On Monday, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) announced that California is eligible for ...
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June 2, 2021
Urban oil wells linked to asthma and other health problems in Los Angeles
When California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a goal to phase out oil drilling statewide by ...