We have this problem in WV, too, but also with coal mines.
Mining companies have to put up reclamation bonds to get permits, but those bonds aren’t even close to the cost of cleanup. So companies just abandon ship, forfeit the bonds (which are far less than the cost of cleanup/remediation), and the taxpayers are left to foot the cleanup bill. In the meantime, they leach heavy metals and other toxic crap into nearby communities.
I read an article in Colorado what’s happening is due to some sort of legal loophole companies are able to spin off their unprofitable Wells into a tertiary corporation and then that company can go bankrupt and because it has no assets of any value
We have this problem in WV, too, but also with coal mines.
Mining companies have to put up reclamation bonds to get permits, but those bonds aren’t even close to the cost of cleanup. So companies just abandon ship, forfeit the bonds (which are far less than the cost of cleanup/remediation), and the taxpayers are left to foot the cleanup bill. In the meantime, they leach heavy metals and other toxic crap into nearby communities.
I read an article in Colorado what’s happening is due to some sort of legal loophole companies are able to spin off their unprofitable Wells into a tertiary corporation and then that company can go bankrupt and because it has no assets of any value