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January 12, 2022
A Forgotten Oil Well Births a 100-Foot Geyser in West Texas
In the flatness of the southern half of Crane County, where a clump of mesquite trees can ...
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October 6, 2021
Abandoned Oil and Gas Sites Are Leaking Methane Across the Country
Twin beige tanks stand amid stately evergreens in Colorado’s Medicine Bow-Routt National...
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November 20, 2018
Abandoned oil wells hidden under thousands of local properties
PITTSBURGH — There's a hidden danger under thousands of properties in Pennsylvania: aban...
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November 4, 2021
Activists are hopeful that EPA proposed methane regulations will reduce emissions
The proposed regulations would require each state to submit plans for reducing methane emi...
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October 26, 2021
Advocates Call on Wolf to Uphold Methane Promise
Environmental groups are launching a new effort to hold Gov. Tom Wolf accountable to his e...
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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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July 1, 2021
Capping methane-spewing oil wells, one hole at a time
The stench bellows from the 1,500-foot hole in the ground, the remains of a well long ago ...