abandoned wells

A Small Oil Company Polluted Midland’s Water Reserve. The Cleanup Has Dragged on for Years.

Cleaning up oilfield pollution in arid West Texas is costly and complicated. The bankruptcy process allows companies to move on while the public pays the price.

By Martha Pskowski

Texas Legislature Increases Well Plugging Budget as Backlog Grows

By Martha Pskowski

Scientists Map Where Orphan Wells Pose Threats to Aquifers

By Martha Pskowski

A Legal Fight Over Legacy Oil Industry Pollution Heats Up in West Texas

By Martha Pskowski

Companies Are Poised to Inject Millions of Tons of Carbon Underground. Will It Stay Put?

By Nicholas Kusnetz

‘Nobody Really Knows What You’re Supposed to Do’: Leaking, Abandoned Wells Wreak Havoc in West Texas 

By Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News and Carlos Nogueras, Texas Tribune

Carbon Credit Market Seizes On a New Opportunity: Plugging Oil and Gas Wells

By Keaton Peters

Pennsylvania Expects $400 Million in Infrastructure Funds to Begin Plugging Thousands of Abandoned Oil Wells

By Stacey Burling

Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Emit Carcinogens and Other Harmful Pollutants, Groundbreaking Study Shows

By Liza Gross

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

By Nicholas Kusnetz