#gaswells — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #gaswells, aggregated by home.social.
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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Seeing war through the lens of Putin’s narcissism — ‘Torture was not just cruel, it was inhuman’ — Ukrainian soldier dies weeks after release from Russian captivity — Ukraine sanctions 5 Chinese firms for supplying components used in Russian drones — Russia’s Black Sea Fleet shrinks presence in key Crimean bay — Russia’s crude exports fall to lowest level since February … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/wednesday-july-9-2025/
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#Biden Administration Announces $55 Million to Clean Up Legacy #Pollution in #NorthDakota, #WestVirginia https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/biden-harris-administration-announces-nearly-55-million-investing-america-agenda #USpol
#California will get $35 million in federal funding to plug orphaned oil, #GasWells https://www.dailynews.com/2024/05/17/millions-coming-to-plug-orphaned-oil-gas-wells/
#NewMexico receives another $25M in federal money to plug abandoned #OilWells https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/state-receives-another-25m-in-federal-money-to-plug-abandoned-oil-wells/article_23240890-1461-11ef-83ff-2b48ff6c1c9d.html
"these wells pose serious threats to air and water by contaminating #groundwater, releasing toxic air #pollutants, and leaking #methane"
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CW: Unplugged oil and gas wells accelerate climate change, threaten public health and risk hitting taxpayers’ pocketbooks. #ProPublica
“Until wells are properly plugged, many leak oil and brine onto farmland and into waterways and emit toxic and explosive gasses, rendering redevelopment impossible. A noxious lake inundates West Texas ranchland, oil bubbles into a downtown Los Angeles apartment building and gas seeps into the yards of suburban Ohio homes.”
#USPol #ClimateEmergency #GlobalHeating #GasWells #OilWells #MethaneLeaks
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-rising-cost-of-the-oil-industrys-slow-death