Optional@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agoColorado oil and gas wells can’t fund their own cleanup. Taxpayers may foot the bill | A Carbon Tracker report shows the cost to safely shut down low-producing wells is $3bn more than what they earnwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoFrom what I understand often they do. And often the bond isn’t anywhere close to the actual costs.
From what I understand often they do. And often the bond isn’t anywhere close to the actual costs.
So in practice they don’t!