New: #Oil Companies Contaminated a Family Farm. The #Courts and Regulators Let the Drillers Walk Away.
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The oil and #gas industry has reaped profits without ensuring there will be money to plug and clean up their wells.

In #Oklahoma, that work could cost more than $7 billion if it falls to the state.

#news #Pollution #Environment #Safety

https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-oil-cleanup

An Oil Well Polluted a Family Farm. The Courts Let Drillers Walk Away.

The oil and gas industry has reaped profits without ensuring there will be money to plug and clean up their wells. In Oklahoma, that work could cost more than $7 billion if it falls to the state.

^ProPublica

Maya used hallucinogenic plants in "ensouling" rituals for their ball courts

#courts

https://arstechnica.com/?p=2020387

Maya used hallucinogenic plants in “ensouling” rituals for their ball courts

eDNA analysis found traces of xtabentum, as well as lancewood, chili peppers, and jool.

^{Ars Technica}