https://news.berkeley.edu/2023/03/23/black-latinx-californians-face-highest-exposure-to-oil-and-gas-wells/Department of Interior: Orphaned Wells
https://www.doi.gov/orphanedwellsEcological Economics: “Environmental Justice in the Oil Refinery Industry”
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S092180091830586X
Environmental Defense Fund: “Bipartisan Bill Would Create Thousands of Jobs While Cutting Pollution From Orphan Wells”
https://www.edf.org/media/bipartisan-bill-would-create-thousands-jobs-while-cutting-pollution-orphan-wells
Environmental Defense Fund: “Landmark Study Reveals That Millions of Americans Live Less Than a Mile From an Orphaned Oil and Gas Well”
https://blogs.edf.org/energyexchange/2023/07/11/landmark-study-reveals-that-millions-of-americans-live-less-than-a-mile-from-an-orphaned-oil-and-gas-well/
Environmental Defense Fund: What and Where Orphan Wells Are
https://www.edf.org/orphanwellmap
Environmental Research: “Air Pollution and Health Impacts of Oil and Gas Production in the United States”
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2752-5309/acc886
Environmental Science & Technology: “Decommissioning Orphaned and Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells: New Estimates and Cost Drivers”
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.1c02234
Inside Climate News: “Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Emit Carcinogens and Other Harmful Pollutants, Groundbreaking Study Shows”
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06062023/abandoned-oil-gas-wells-health/
Meadville Tribune: “Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Are Everywhere in Pennsylvania. An Influx of Funding Gives the DEP New Urgency.”
https://www.meadvilletribune.com/news/abandoned-oil-and-gas-wells-are-everywhere-in-pennsylvania-an-influx-of-funding-gives-the/article_c5815898-0bd5-11ef-ba46-eb0aa3d535fe.html
New York Department of Environmental Conservation: Orphaned and Abandoned Well Plugging
https://dec.ny.gov/environmental-protection/oil-gas/orphaned-abandoned-well-plugging
Source NM: “It’s Settled: New Mexico to Bankroll Plugging of Oil Wells for Texas Company”
https://sourcenm.com/2023/12/22/its-settled-new-mexico-to-bankroll-plugging-of-oil-wells-for-texas-company/
UN Environment Programme: Global Assessment: Urgent Steps Must Be Taken to Reduce Methane Emissions This Decade
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/global-assessment-urgent-steps-must-be-taken-reduce-methane
Washington Post: “There Could Be Millions of Abandoned Wells in the U.S. Plugging Them Is a Monumental Task.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/04/11/plugging-abandoned-oil-wells/