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Duppers

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1. Laws should require these fossil fuel polluters

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Oct 6, 2021, 04:03 AM

Oct 2021

To either cover these wells or pay to have them covered. Not us taxpayers. However it must be done asap; the planet will greatly benefit...

According to the EPA, there are more than 2 million unplugged inactive wells in the United States. Bordoff says that together,
they emit as much carbon pollution as 2 million passenger vehicles per year.

Bravo to Biden & his team for addressing this problem!

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Tweet- this is part of Biden's plan: [View all] applegrove Oct 2021 OP

Laws should require these fossil fuel polluters Duppers Oct 2021 #1

Capitalist business owners like to privatize profits, but socialize their losses. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #2

Yup. Pseudo-libertarians, especially RepubliQons, aren't responsible like true libertarians Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2021 #4

At the very least, the corporations should pay taxes. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #6

Exactly, Irish, exactly. Duppers Oct 2021 #5

In Canada 10% of the unplugged wells are orphaned (meaning the oil applegrove Oct 2021 #3