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Industry Insiders Question Louisiana Regulators Over Cleanup on ExxonMobil Land, Amid Corruption Claims and Pollution Fears

DeSmogBlog

Properly plugging and abandoning oil and gas wells is vital to protect the environment and stop methane leaks – but for decades, oil operators have often slipped away without paying to clean up, leaving millions of deteriorating abandoned wells across the U.S. and regulators in different drilling regions face different issues.

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Waves of Abandonment

DeSmogBlog

When Laura Briggs and her husband finally found their dream home in West Texas, they knew they’d be sharing space with the oil industry. In October, she invited a university researcher onto the property and discovered that several wells were leaking methane, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide.

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Waves of Abandonment

DeSmogBlog

When Laura Briggs and her husband finally found their dream home in West Texas, they knew they’d be sharing space with the oil industry. In October, she invited a university researcher onto the property and discovered that several wells were leaking methane, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide.

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On the Future of our Food

Mr. Sustainability

Food is basically a combination of energy, water and nutrients. Some plants and micro-organisms can make food ‘out of thin air’ by simply rearranging carbon, water and oxygen molecules using energy from the Sun. Lab-grown meat dramatically cuts back on carbon emissions , methane emissions, water consumption and land use.