There are thousands of dirty old drill sites in Colorado. The state gave oil firms a $1bn pass

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2026/jun/02/oil-well-sites-cleanup-colorado-chevron-oxy-civitas

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SparroHawc@piefed.world · 1 pts · 70d

I mean, if not for that, the oil companies would probably just sell the defunct site to a shell corporation, followed by the shell corporation getting dissolved.