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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
Restoring land around abandoned oil and gas wells would free up millions of acres of forests, farmlands and grasslandsA drilling pad for oil and gas in Robinson Township, Penn.Robert Nickelsberg/Getty ImagesRestoring land around abandoned oil and gas wells would free up millions of acres of forests, farmlands and grasslandsCC BY-ND

President 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.

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