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Environment & Energy

rampartc

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1. orphan wells are products of are corporate gamesmanship

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2020, 09:48 AM

Mar 2020

shifting the costs of cleaning up their mess to the citizens.

louisiana established a site restoration authority on 1993 but we still have hundreds of leaking holes owned by bankrupt subsidiaries that actually are owned by some of the largest most profitable corporations in the world.

http://www.dnr.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=pagebuilder&tmp=home&pid=155

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The Rugged Individualists Of Alberta's Oil Sector Can't/Won't Pay For Well Cleanup - So Here's $100M [View all] hatrack Mar 2020 OP

orphan wells are products of are corporate gamesmanship rampartc Mar 2020 #1

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