Who Will Clean Up America's Abandoned Oil Wells?

RFF's Daniel Raimi is featured in a video by the Financial Times about abandoned oil wells.

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Date

Sept. 22, 2021

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Media Highlight

Source

The Financial Times

America’s oil rush has left a toxic legacy: abandoned wells leaching pollutants into the atmosphere, ground and water. Millions lie scattered across the country, including so-called "orphans", whose original owners have either disappeared or gone bust.

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Daniel Raimi

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Daniel Raimi is a fellow and director of the Equity in the Energy Transition Initiative at RFF. He works on a range of energy policy issues with a focus on tools to enable an equitable energy transition.

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