Restoring land around abandoned oil and gas wells would free up millions of acres of forests, farmlands and grasslands
- Written by Matthew D. Moran, Professor of Biology, Hendrix College
A drilling pad for oil and gas in Robinson Township, Penn.Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images
CC BY-NDPresident Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan proposes to spend US$16 billion plugging old oil and gas wells and cleaning up abandoned mines. But there’s no authoritative measure of how many of these sites exist across the nation.
In a recent...