PA DEP Tries to Track Down & Make Deadbeats Pay to Plug Wells

A problem plaguing the entire country is old conventional oil and gas wells that were never adequately plugged and capped, called orphaned wells, because (supposedly) nobody knows who owns them. In the fall of 2021, President Biden signed into law the so-called Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, some $1.2 trillion in pork barrel spending, passed with the help of turncoat Republicans (see Biden So-Called $1.2T Infrastructure Bill Passes Thanks to RINOs). Only a tiny portion (9%) of the money is going for infrastructure, things like roads and bridges and plugging orphaned wells. Some $4.7 billion was set aside in the bill specifically to help states plug orphaned wells. Roughly half a billion has been distributed so far, including $76 million or so to Pennsylvania (see Bidenistas Dispense $163 Million to Plug Old O&G Wells in OH-PA-WV).

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