The U.S. Department of Interior will provide Kentucky with nearly $104 million to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells, U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell announced on Wednesday....
More than a century of oil and gas drilling has left behind millions of abandoned wells, many of which are leaching pollutants into the air and water. And drilling companies are likely to abandon many more wells due to bankruptcies, as oil prices struggle to recover from historic lows after the coronavirus pandemic crushed global fuel demand, according to bankruptcy lawyers, industry analysts and state regulators....