by reducing well remediation responsibility for the oil and gas sector and rule out regulation of older abandoned wells in the future.The abandoned well problem looms larger every day, and the oil and gas industry won’t be able to overcome it. Polluted communities, unemployed workers, and a dangerous climate future hang in the balance.
For a fraction of what the federal government has spent on economic stimulus during the COVID-19 pandemic, American could put laid off oil and gas employees back to work, preventing massive amounts of the most dangerous greenhouse gas from warming our atmosphere, and cleaning up local communities. It’s a win-win-win-win proposal that both Republicans and Democrats can support.
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I guess its too late to produce 0 emissions methane fuel!?
No, it isn't. And once we are past the pandemic many of them will be used again.