More than 4,600 abandoned oil and gas sites in Louisiana await taxpayer-funded cleanups
Abandoned oil well office now open
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More than 4,600 abandoned oil and gas sites in Louisiana await taxpayer-funded cleanups
Atchafalaya and other national wildlife refuges have leaky wells that taint waterways
Louisiana in line for $25 million in federal funds for abandoned well cleanup
State has more than 4,600 abandoned and often leaky wells
Mitch Landrieu announces $4.7 billion plan to clean up orphaned oil and gas wells
Responsibility for cast-off wells, pipelines could fall to other companies and taxpayers
The Louisiana House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill to exempt oil production from abandoned wells from severance tax