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Oil companies contaminated a family farm. The courts and regulators let the drillers walk away.

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    By Mark Olalde, ProPublicaMay 19, 2024, 9:00 am159 pts
    photo of Oil companies contaminated a family farm. The courts and regulators let the drillers walk away. imageThe first sign of trouble bubbled up from gopher holes a stone’s throw from Stan Ledgerwood’s front door. The salt water left an oily sheen on the soil and a swath of dead grass in the yard. It was June 2017, and Ledgerwood and his wife, Tina, had recently built a home on the family farm, 230 acres of green…
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