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Methane is 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere. That’s why the Biden Administration is working with 24 states to identify 10,000 high-priority wells to plug as soon as possible, usually by pumping cement into the leaking area.
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The money targets at least 277 high-priority polluting wells on federal public lands in nine states, including Utah.
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The state has started plugging some of the thousand-plus orphaned wells in the Powder River Basin. The wells are relics of the coal-bed methane bust, when…
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The state held its first-ever public meeting about the issue of orphaned and idle gas wells Wednesday in Gillette. The coal bed methane boom left more…