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8. Reuters: States ask Trump administration to pay laid off oil workers to plug abandoned wells

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Wed May 6, 2020, 01:12 PM

May 2020

States ask Trump administration to pay laid off oil workers to plug abandoned wells

(Reuters) - A coalition of U.S. oil producing states has asked the Trump administration for stimulus funds to hire laid off energy workers to plug abandoned wells, a proposal aimed at fending off unemployment while tackling a growing environmental problem, a spokeswoman for the group said.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-usa-wells/states-ask-trump-administration-to-pay-laid-off-oil-workers-to-plug-abandoned-wells-idUSKBN22I2KA

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There Are About 3 Million Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells In US; We Can Now Expect Many More [View all] hatrack May 2020 OP

When and if we get through all of this then Biden has a WPA project Botany May 2020 #1

each of these orphan wells is a corporation, with limited liability to its stockholders rampartc May 2020 #2

Exactly, privatize the profits - socialize the liabilities n/m Finishline42 May 2020 #7

Repurpose those old derricks pumps. safeinOhio May 2020 #3

Install a safe, permanent cork on those fuckers, and leave the nasty shit in the ground. Magoo48 May 2020 #4

+1 2naSalit May 2020 #5

Orphaned wells in Alberta Finishline42 May 2020 #6

Reuters: States ask Trump administration to pay laid off oil workers to plug abandoned wells Eugene May 2020 #8