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California Lets Companies Keep 'Dangerous' Oil Wells Unplugged Forever (capitalandmain.com)
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But while the Orphan Well Prevention Act will help reduce the number of abandoned and orphaned wells — currently around 5,300 — industry watchers said it does little to address the looming issue of wells that remain dormant indefinitely, some of which leak climate-warming methane and toxic fumes.

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[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Conservatives complain endlessly about how "liberal" California is, yet deeply conservative shit like this keeps happening. When will Republicants realize neo-liberals are just conservatives with more tact?

[-] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

Never, because theyre on the other side of the culture war. Republitards will put their bigoted beliefs before everything else.

[-] Astroturfed@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Liberals don't hate all the things I hate so I hate them for not hating the right people to hate. Jesus said so in the Bible.

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