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Oil production has grown 15-fold since 2017, as the county became Colorado’s second-biggest producer churning out 12.8 million barrels

Last January, the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy announced that there were approximately 450 orphan wells left across the state. Now, crews are nearly halfway to their goal.

Government should focus on giving municipalities power to collect unpaid energy industry taxes

Money from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is dedicated to cleaning up so-called "orphan wells" in Michigan.

A new audit of the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources' (ODNR) Orphan Well Program was released August 9 by the Auditor of State’s Ohio Performance Team (full copy below). The Ohio Auditor's office reviews the operations of government agencies and programs and offers recommendations to improve their efficiency and effectiveness. Auditor of State Keith Faber

President Biden ran for office with a new economic vision: to grow the economy from the bottom up and the middle out, not the top down. On Tuesday, the

The historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will rebuild crumbling road and bridges, replace lead pipes, help make available reliable, affordable

As the state tries to reform its relationship to drilling, an expensive task awaits. Image credit: Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images March 11, 2021 From the print edition When an oil or gas well reaches the end of its lifespan, it must be plugged. If it isn’t, the well might leak toxic chemicals into groundwater and spew methane, carbon dioxide and other pollutants into the atmosphere for years on end. But plugging a well is no simple task: Cem...

More efforts needed to locate and cap abandoned oil and gas wells Updated Dec 10, 2020; Since 2013, as my interest and knowledge about the environment has grown, I’ve also become aware of methane’s destructive greenhouse gas effect. Methane can come from our nation’s energy and agricultural practices, but one less obvious source are “orphan wells.” Orphan wells are oil and gas wells which were abandoned for various reasons. Once abandoned, many were not properly capped, leading to ...