CausesSteven/Flickr 100 plugged and 300,000+ to go; Abandoned well cleanup effort jumps with federal money Plugging 100 oil and gas wells in 10 months is more than Pennsylvania has done in six years, thanks to federal funds from the Infrastructure Law.
Causes thenarwhal.ca B.C. finally has rules to enforce clean up of oil and gas wells. But will they be enough to protect taxpayers? Critics say taxpayers are still not protected as the province readies for a fracking boom to supply the LNG Canada project.
Causes thenarwhal.ca Report ‘buried’ by Alberta government reveals ‘mounting evidence’ that oil and gas wells aren’t reclaimed in the long run A previously unreleased report shows a soon-to-be-scrapped government division raised red flags about the province's failing system for wellsite cleanup.