#abandonedoilwells — Public Fediverse posts

Abandoned oil and gas wells can present a significant environmental hazard to their surrounding communities – particularly in West Texas. A bill that would make it easier to plug such wells is on the verge of becoming state law.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/05/15/521447/texas-house-passes-senate-bill-to-speed-up-plugging-of-orphaned-wells/

#Business #EnergyEnvironment #News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #89thTexasLegislature #AbandonedOilWells #OilAndGasDrilling #OrphanedWells

Abandoned oil and gas wells can present a significant environmental hazard to their surrounding communities – particularly in West Texas. A bill that would make it easier to plug such wells is on the verge of becoming state law.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/05/15/521447/texas-house-passes-senate-bill-to-speed-up-plugging-of-orphaned-wells/

#Business #EnergyEnvironment #News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #89thTexasLegislature #AbandonedOilWells #OilAndGasDrilling #OrphanedWells

Abandoned oil and gas wells can present a significant environmental hazard to their surrounding communities – particularly in West Texas. A bill that would make it easier to plug such wells is on the verge of becoming state law.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/05/15/521447/texas-house-passes-senate-bill-to-speed-up-plugging-of-orphaned-wells/

#Business #EnergyEnvironment #News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #89thTexasLegislature #AbandonedOilWells #OilAndGasDrilling #OrphanedWells

Abandoned oil and gas wells can present a significant environmental hazard to their surrounding communities – particularly in West Texas. A bill that would make it easier to plug such wells is on the verge of becoming state law.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/05/15/521447/texas-house-passes-senate-bill-to-speed-up-plugging-of-orphaned-wells/

#Business #EnergyEnvironment #News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #89thTexasLegislature #AbandonedOilWells #OilAndGasDrilling #OrphanedWells

Abandoned oil and gas wells can present a significant environmental hazard to their surrounding communities – particularly in West Texas. A bill that would make it easier to plug such wells is on the verge of becoming state law.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/05/15/521447/texas-house-passes-senate-bill-to-speed-up-plugging-of-orphaned-wells/

#Business #EnergyEnvironment #News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #89thTexasLegislature #AbandonedOilWells #OilAndGasDrilling #OrphanedWells

(Last week, officials with the #IndianResourceCouncil (IRC), which represents more than 100 #FirstNations with #OilAndGas reserves, met with the province's #environment and #energy ministers to #lobby for the $130 million to be spent on the continued #remediation of wells on First Nation land.)
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6789092

#ecojustice #reparations #pollution #AbandonedOilWells #CleanUpCosts #NativeLand #Indigenous #HumanRights #Alberta #Canada #CanPoli #ABpoli