‘Zombie’ Oil Wells in Canada Are a Climate Threat

October 30, 2020 / by Alec Jacobson / Air Pollution, Alberta (Canada), Drilling and Boring, Environment, Fresh Water, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydrocarbons, Journalism, Methane, Natural Gas, New York Times, North America, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Canada’s oil patch has nearly 100,000 suspended wells, neither active nor capped, and they’re a worrying source of planet-warming methane. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/30/climate/oil-wells-leak-canada.html