"There are millions of abandoned oil wells across the United States. A group of unlikely activists in Texas is making sure no one forgets they need to be cleaned up."

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2025/12/abandoned-oil-wells-texas-tiktok-hawk-dunlap-sarah-stogner-well-watchers/

Why doesn't the oil and gas industry move to properly cap these wells?
“They can’t, because it bankrupts the industry as we know it.”
#OrphanWells

Meet the TikTok stars demanding oil companies clean up their mess

There are millions of abandoned oil wells across the United States. A group of unlikely activists in Texas is making sure no one forgets they need to be cleaned up.

Mother Jones
The Orphan Well Case For Renewable Energy

While Oklahoma's fossil fuel industry continues apace, the state also has the potential to grow its renewable energy profile.

CleanTechnica
The Orphan Well Case For Renewable Energy

While Oklahoma's fossil fuel industry continues apace, the state also has the potential to grow its renewable energy profile.

CleanTechnica
The Orphan Well Case For Renewable Energy

While Oklahoma's fossil fuel industry continues apace, the state also has the potential to grow its renewable energy profile.

CleanTechnica
The Orphan Well Case For Renewable Energy

While Oklahoma's fossil fuel industry continues apace, the state also has the potential to grow its renewable energy profile.

CleanTechnica
The Calgary Climate Hub is very proud to be a partner organization in the Coalition for Responsible Energy ( #C4RE) & calling for the #AlbertaEnergyRegulator to at long last do it's job for ALL ALBERTANS, not just #BigOil!
#abpoli #ClimateChange #OrphanWells #PollutersPay https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/advocates-push-back-alberta-strategy-inactive-oil-wells-9.6935866
Groups push back on Alberta’s strategy to deal with inactive oil and gas wells as plan moves forward | CBC Accessibility

A band of advocate groups are pushing back on the province's current plan to manage its inactive and aging oil and gas infrastructure.

CBC
The Calgary Climate Hub is very proud to be a partner organization in the Coalition for Responsible Energy ( #C4RE) & calling for the #AlbertaEnergyRegulator to at long last do it's job for ALL ALBERTANS, not just #BigOil! #abpoli #ClimateChange #OrphanWells #PollutersPay www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Groups push back on Alberta’s ...
#Canada pay for #Tarsands, #OrphanWells #Cleanup and soon #Canadian #Taxpayers can pay $billions to clean up #SeleniumPollution from #UCP #DanielleSmith #CoalMines in #Alberta!
meanwhile, we'll join the USA 🤣 (parody, folks).

Trouble in paradise.

"Alberta’s oil and gas well problem is a ‘giant stinking pile of shit,’ according to the premier’s special advisor, who wrote the province’s strategy to address the issue and is on the Alberta Energy Regulator board."

#ableg #cdnpoli #orphanwells #climate

https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oil-and-gas-meeting-warburg/

Alberta’s oil and gas legacy is a ‘gigantic problem’: top political staffer | The Narwhal

Alberta’s Mature Asset Strategy aims to deal with the oil and gas industry’s unpaid taxes and orphaned wells. A pitch in Warburg didn’t go as planned

The Narwhal
@JEmphatically Sadly all I know is that they are behind Premier DS. #ableg #orphanwells #fossilfuels