Bloomberg: “Failed Oil Well Plugs Are Silent Polluters That No One Watches”
Daniel Raimi, an RFF fellow, mentioned how methane-sensing satellites could be useful to reduce the greenhouse gas‘ impacts on the climate.
New technologies, such as methane-sensing satellites, will help states monitor leaks from plugged wells cheaply because they won’t have to send technicians to inspect the wells in person, said Daniel Raimi, a fellow at Resources for the Future and a lecturer at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan.
If satellites prove too expensive, states will have to decide which plugged wells might pose the greatest risk, said Raimi, who, along with Kang and Arthur, serves on the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s working group on orphaned wells.
