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Too bad, so sad. Time to fine them to the moon and back.
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
I’m personally working on this problem. It sucks, and the politics are frustrating as hell, but the people working at the State of CO to reign in oil and gas are making every penny of funding work as hard as it can.
what can we do to help?
I honestly don’t really know. I know that The Environmental Defense Fund and The Clean Air Task Force have a strong presence in the state, so it may be worth donating or volunteering for them.
- Transporter Room 3 ( @Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website ) 5•4 months ago
BURN THEM TO THE GROUND
If you’re wondering if I mean metaphorically or literally, first one, then the other but in a climate-friendly way.
What’s that? Is it the sound of Energy Cost of Energy knocking at the door? Oh, and look at this, they’ve left a pamphlet titled “The bell tolls for thee, intensive input agricultural base, it tolls for thee”
So if you can’t handle the liability then maybe don’t do it idk. If I was king heads would roll.
Yet fucking tax credits? Fuck off
Every part of these oil companies is just pure evil.