Zombie Wells: A $280 Billion Problem the U.S. Can't Ignore

One hundred and fifty years of oil and gas production in the United States has left millions of decommissioned wells scattered around the country. While they no longer have much, if any, oil and gas to offer, the wells are still highly productive. Unfortunately, what they’re producing is a veritable pandora’s box of toxins threatening local human and environmental wellbeing.  “These legacy pollution sites are environmental hazards,” declares a United States Department of the Interior site dedicated to orphan wells.…