North Dakota, Using Taxpayer Funds, Bailed Out Oil and Gas Companies by Plugging Abandoned Wells

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By Katelyn WeisbrodMay 23, 2021, 5:00 am273 pts
The bailout, environmentalists say, raises bigger questions about who will pay, in an energy transition, to close off the nation’s millions of aging wells. By Nicholas Kusnetz When North Dakota directed more than $66 million in federal pandemic relief funds to clean up old oil and gas wells last year, it…

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