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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (330948)	9/25/2020 12:03:11 PM
From: Ron	1 Recommendation Recommended By Cautious_Optimist Read Replies (1) of 362360

You call it nonsense- I call it 'facts' California may well have improved its requirements for old wells but the problem is far from gone. Millions of abandoned oil wells are leaking methane, a climate menace reuters.com It was also observed that roughly 20% of wells contributed more than 80% of methane emissions. ui.adsabs.harvard.edu California Lagged in Capping Century-old Oil Wells Leaking Under Homes of LA Residents Plagued by Illness and Odors desmogblog.com Across much of California, fossil fuel companies are leaving thousands of oil and gas wells unplugged and idle, potentially threatening the health of people living nearby and handing taxpayers a multibillion-dollar bill for the environmental cleanup. latimes.com Opinion: Methane Leaks in the Central Valley May Be Worsening COVID-19 Cases calhealthreport.org Fracking wells in the US are leaking loads of planet-warming methane newscientist.com Not just picking on California here. Leaking methane is a global problem and not just from drilled wells. Thawing permafrost lets it seep out as well. It even leaks from old coal mines.

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