But while the Orphan Well Prevention Act will help reduce the number of abandoned and orphaned wells — currently around 5,300 — industry watchers said it does little to address the looming issue of wells that remain dormant indefinitely, some of which leak climate-warming methane and toxic fumes.
California Lets Companies Keep 'Dangerous' Oil Wells Unplugged Forever
https://capitalandmain.com/california-lets-companies-keep-dangerous-oil-wells-unplugged-forever
6 Comments
Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
Conservatives complain endlessly about how "liberal" California is, yet deeply conservative shit like this keeps happening. When will Republicants realize neo-liberals are just conservatives with more tact?
photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 2y
Never, because theyre on the other side of the culture war. Republitards will put their bigoted beliefs before everything else.
Astroturfed@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Liberals don't hate all the things I hate so I hate them for not hating the right people to hate. Jesus said so in the Bible.
MisterD@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
These wells might become prime targets for eco terrorists. They should be capped with cement
silence7@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 2y
Damaging an idle well makes little sense. It has no impact on the oil company and does environmental damage.
Proper end of life for a well means not just some cap on top, but a plug or multiple plugs down in the borehole to prevent hydrocarbons from migrating into aquifers and salt water from migrating into freshwater aquifers
ecoanarchist@mastodon.world · 3 pts · 2y
@silence7
the oil companies **are** the eco terrorists
@MisterD @climate