PA Gov Shapiro Puffs His Chest to Announce Plugging 300 Old Wells

Yesterday, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro visited the site of an orphaned well being plugged in Washington County, PA, to celebrate and toot his own horn that this is the 300th orphaned well plugged since he became governor in January 2023. There's nothing wrong with that, except during the same 2+ years, Ohio has plugged at least double that number. Which makes us ask: Why does it take so much longer and cost so much more to plug wells in PA than in OH?

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