Hmmm #Houston #ZombieWells

youtube.com/watch?v=430X.... Öl- und Gasunternehmen wären unmittelbar Pleite, wenn sie nicht nur auf Subventionen verzichten und den Klimaschaden bezahlen, sondern noch all diese alten Sauereien beseitigen müssten. #ZombieWells

Texas has two water problems. And maybe it's time for one solution to fix both.

Solutions can be very simple, the problem is usually the special interests that try and block simple solutions. It's time to address the problems of zombie wells and lack of fresh water. #fixingamerica #zombiewells #texas @houstonchronicle.com @texastribune.org
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Texas oil regulator under scrutiny as zombie wells gush back to life On a sprawling ranch in Pecos County in late July, oil well control specialist Hawk Dunlap used a backhoe to uncover an abandoned or so-called zombie well that had sprung back to life despite being plugged just over a year earlier, hissing gas and bubbling toxic water into the dry Texas dirt.

Not on the itinerary, with the police & justice officials. Also in Texas — #ZombieWells.
So much in common 🙄 www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Abandoned oil and gas wells in US bring fears of leak dangers, ABC News investigation finds More than 3.5 million abandoned oil and gas wells are littered across the United States and an estimated 14 million Americans live within a mile of one of the wells.

Excellent investigative journalism still matters. #ZombieWells

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Our #groundwater is (usually locally) threatened by #oilandgas #zombiewells from the > 150 yr of drilling, much of it w/o much oversight - where we work in #Ohio & adjacent they're common. This ABC piece isn't sensational www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4tl... If @zombiewells from X comes over, let me know