Comments on: Idle Wells are a Major Risk https://www.fractracker.org/2019/04/idle-wells-are-a-major-risk/ Insights empowering action Thu, 15 Apr 2021 18:56:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Erica Jackson https://www.fractracker.org/2019/04/idle-wells-are-a-major-risk/#comment-292398 Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:08:23 +0000 https://www.fractracker.org/?p=32236#comment-292398 In reply to Chris Pederson.

I agree – you would think someone would be overseeing this growing problem! In many parts of the country, these wells were drilled decades ago before regulatory systems were in place, but still today state regulators and leaders are not holding companies accountable when it comes to fulfilling their legal obligation to clean up after themselves. Check out Carbon Tracker’s recent report on this: https://carbontracker.org/reports/billion-dollar-orphans/

]]> By: Chris Pederson https://www.fractracker.org/2019/04/idle-wells-are-a-major-risk/#comment-292382 Thu, 22 Oct 2020 20:24:33 +0000 https://www.fractracker.org/?p=32236#comment-292382 I had no idea that unplugged wells can leak explosive gases into neighborhoods. I’d hope that people would be in charge of making sure all the wells are still plugged. It would be unfortunate if one wasn’t and harmed a lot of innocent people.

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