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AM News Brief: Cannabis Licensing Board, Threat Of Monuments Lawsuit & Controversy Over Bagley Cartoon


Published April 16, 2021 at 10:13 AM MDT
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Gov. Spencer Cox said Thursday the state of Utah will likely sue the Biden Administration if it enlarges Bears Ears National Monument. This story and more in the Friday morning news brief.
Friday morning, April 16, 2021
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Mitigating Orphan Oil Wells
There are around 70 orphan wells in Utah, which release greenhouse gases and can also contaminate groundwater. That number is fairly low, said Rikki Hrenko-Browning, with the Utah Petroleum Association, but it’s likely to go up as green energy replaces oil and gas. Rob Schuwerk is with a non-profit called the Carbon Tracker Initiative. His group found it will cost around $4 billion to plug all the wells in Utah, but oil and gas companies have put up less than $20 million in bonds. There are a few bills in Congress right now that would help fix the issue by providing funding for orphan well clean up and raising bond ....

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