Officials with the Biden administration have visited a Louisiana wildlife refuge touting plans to clean up and plug “orphan wells.”
Orphan Wells-Infrastructure Bill
passed in late 2021. Administration officials joined their state counterparts in the Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge recently to tout the efforts. The abandoned wells can leak oilfield brine and cancer-causing chemicals that are components of crude oil, such as benzene.
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