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The grants are the first phase of formula grant funding for Kentucky, Mississippi, and Missouri to clean up legacy pollution.

The funding will help Michigan continue work plugging, reclaiming, and restoring orphaned oil and gas wells.

Biden administration creates new office to plug abandoned oil and gas wells

A Bradford couple whose home was destroyed nearly 13 years ago was interviewed by Cynthia McFadden on NBC’s Nightly News with Lester Holt, which aired Wednesday night.

BRADFORD, Pa. — A Bradford couple whose home was destroyed nearly 13 years ago was interviewed by Cynthia McFadden on “NBC’s Nightly News,” which aired Wednesday night.

US Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland issued an order to establish an office to ensure efficient use of the Biden administration's $4.7 billion investment in the cleanup of abandoned oil and gas wells.

BATON ROUGE, La. - The federal government is establishing an office dedicated to cleaning up abandoned oil and gas sites, a move that Louisiana officials say will likely speed the

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is creating an office to oversee a new $4.7 billion program to plug orphaned oil and gas wells and clean up associated surface facilities across the

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

"U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland on Tuesday issued an order to establish an office to ensure efficient use of the Biden administration's $4.7 billion investment in the cleanup of abandoned oil and gas wells."