Millions in the U.S. live near abandoned oil and gas wells linked to explosions and toxins
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Abandoned oil and gas wells can cause toxins and dangerous greenhouse gasses to leak into water supplies and, in some extreme cases, cause explosions. They are often left unplugged by companies that are long out of business. Nearly five million people live within a half mile of an abandoned well. NBC News’ Cynthia McFadden has the investigation.
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#Toxins #Housing #Oil
Finally we are going to pay attention to the leaking gas from dry oil wells. in 1941 my grandfather, a geologist, said gas leaking from oil wells will be 15 % of all harmful pollution. If we can cap and process, yes, use the gas for electric generation we will address 15 % of climate change. This ignored energy source is a tragedy and an opportunity like a franchise. Modern equipment can find these wells. Modern processing can process the diffent gases. We can do this.
Numerous reasons this awful & vast issues should be addressed.
Where is the accountability??
Unless the government builds it into its laws, there is none. If you think this is bad, look up all the contaminated and toxic sites in India left behind by British and US corporations or how corporations in Arizona are dumping toxic waste next to farmland and people's homes. How about how 3M was able to dump their waste next to farmlands and it gave everyone cancer and killed the farm animals. Corporations all over the world and especially in the US are allowed to do their thing, make their money, and then take off without taking care of their waste. I knew fracking would be a problem in the future and have avoided living anywhere fracking is legal. That's all we can really do at this point.
that house looked like a freakin cruise missile hit it.
Sssssshhhhh
The US environment is looking more and more like Gilead's every day, and that book was written in the 80s. People saw this world coming but ignored it for the "all the jobs" these corporations would create. Was it worth it?
worked at a house before here in Pennsylvania where they got it super cheap, but had to dig a new well far away from the house----the old well had gas in it, and you could light the water on fire
Profits are privatized, losses & expenditures are socialized
Oil & Gas companies sre so greedy they refuse to properly cover these abandoned wells. Broken Capitalism..
Time is Money and Money = profits
rather capitalism in its most efficient form. capitalism is alive and well, no pun intended.
Most are long gone, or declared bankruptcy or "sold" the company & escaped liability.
capping them is one thing, what about groundwater contamination?
Oh silly you! No one but us regular humans cares about that. The people who reaped the benefits of fracking here make sure they don't live anywhere close to fracking. They leave their toxic waste for the rest of us.
Drink Bottled water. They need our support too ya know
WHY???!!!! And how is this even LEGAL? This is what happens when there’s NO REGULATION for both oil/gas companies and DEVELOPERS (come on these a-hole had to know that one day something terrible would happen).
It wouldn't be in none of there lifetimes so why would they care? they were American's too remember?
reminds me of when the reports came out a long time ago about the powerlines on maui and how people knew that they were dangerous. fast forward a couple years and the entire island burned down because of something they already knew could happen.
@@k333rl .You believe this whole Island burned down? seriously
@@acgillespie I only watch left wing news so blame them
@@k333rl Most of the electrical infrastructure in this country isn't rated for high winds like that. The fire in Paradise, CA should've been the wakeup call for all the utility companies, not to mention the terrible drought conditions we've had on/off in different parts of the country. The companies and municipalities need to work together to mitigate these situations. It still might not be perfect, and people may complain, like they do during power shutdowns here, but lives will be saved.
So they new about this and putting people live at raise they need to cover those holes up immediately 😢
Great report.
That's why these companies are regulated today. Why some politicians want to de-regulate will cause more problems. Nothing to do with money though. Right?
Thanks! Now I can’t sleep!
I live right in the middel of this in Elk County Pennsylvania only 40 miles from Bradford
Another Burden that requires Adequate attention and Resolve !
Previously the government was not more prepared to regulate all of these things.
Thank you for your helpful videos!
If you live on the east/west/south coast then you live very close to untold (your not supposed to know) tons of chemical/biological weapons dumped just after the war-have a good day
A lot of the chemicals/biologicals were/maybe still are dealt with at a facility in Tooele, UT, west of SLC. I knew people who worked there.
Edit: town spelling 😎
*NICE!*
Dew technology this is gaslighting
if only we could pass some kind of multibillion dollar bill that was for replacing and updating failing infrastructures instead of paying out millions to your buddies in the train corps.
Before you talk you should check your facts. There is an interactive map at the White House Web site that shows projects in each state where the funds are going. It's not all the projects because not all the agencies data are represented, but there's a whole lot, in every state. More than enough to demonstrate that the infrastructure funding is going where it should be.
Also, there are things that didn't get covered because the bill was whittled down in order to get it through Congress. There are some people that just don't want funds to go to places other than Wall Street, billionaires, or weapons.
@@erinmac4750 I'm also going to guess that you didn't actually read the whole bill
The reason why the house in the come on blurb is burning like that is because it has plastic siding. Take care.
Imagine all the people & animals who fell in all the various types of holes.
Make present day fossil fuel companies pay.
Legislators have tried but ultimately fail because these companies are excellent at lobbying the majority of legislators who will stop anything resembling accountability.
Awareness!
Infrared cameras can detect these leaks.
Get people involved in the project. Artists, businesses, engineers, creative thinkers. They could be unique projects.
You don't say...really?? The Government regulators didnt warn you?
Most people probably never really knew.
The oil companies get rich, and the regular citizen pays for it. Tell me trickle down theory works.....
Google and UA-cam the name Ron Gulla he was the SECOND HORIZONTAL TEST WELL IN PA. He also worked in the O&G Industry years ago.
Good thing the Supreme Court cracked down on that pesky EPA. So many terrible rules!!
Don't expect honesty or responsible leadership from Pennsylvania. They won't even put out a coal fire that's burned for 50 years. They can start them,but they won't finish them.😢😢😢😢 That coal fire is STILL Pennsylvania's responsibility to put out.
You can't put that fire out, its burning too deep underground.
Arsenic and arsenic arsenic is nickel-a-play diem in something else right there is a way to get the iron iron and nickel stuff out of the water that there is a way to get arsenic out of the water I'm not a hundred percent sure right now but there's a way to hook magnets and run the charcoal filtration system up on that with a charcoal the filter tration system and then magnetic magnusson to the pool everything in you have to replace him a lot more but there is a way to pull arsenic out of the I haven't thought of the album heard about it awhile back one of the science labs are doing that
The price of so called progress. Like mining then, leave a toxic mess and a ghost town. Endless economic growth, expansion. The wildlife loves toxic water
How about making some areas a habitat for wildlife.
Just stop oil. Just do it. Like right now. Forget the third world. Nike.
Not realistic right now.
Glad to see my area of PA is not red on that map.
Just because it isn't red doesn't mean it's in the clear. Your area may still have abandoned oil and gas wells that have yet to be discovered and have thus gone unreported.
Or water wells, unreported wells, ancient wells. You get my drift.
“Can’t we just drone that guy?“ - Hillary Clinton speaking about Julian Assange.
Js. There’s a reason this report sounds fishy lol.
All industries leave a mess after they shut down and the costs are carried by the community and not the fat cats that became wealthy. Contaminated rivers, air. When plantations went bust the owners didn't clean up the mess. Left slaves that have burdened us till this day with high crime and violence
Are you saying all descendants of slaves are criminals?
KKK much?
So what exactly caused that explosion because this sounds fishy
Wow, do your own research here, dude. Information is here for everyone.
Hot water tank malfunction
If you're referring to the recent house explosion in PA, fire officials seem to believe that it was caused by a water heater malfunction, but it's not that unlikely at this stage that more information could still add more details or change things. It's fairly early.
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Malarkey
So what happens in Hawaii can happen everywhere?
What's an abandoned gas well have to do with leaving their stove on?
why are you asking questions? did you get permission to do so?
Millions live near propaganda and dew technology 🙄
I say BS
Pray to lord and savior more and vote for gop.