How America’s “Most Powerful Lobby” Is Stifling Efforts to Reform #Oil Well Cleanup in State After State
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In #NewMexico, oil companies agreed to work with regulators to find a solution to the state’s more than 70,000 unplugged wells. After months of negotiations, the industry turned against the bill it helped shape.

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https://www.propublica.org/article/oil-industry-lobbying-unplugged-wells

The U.S. Oil Industry Has Repeatedly Stifled Efforts to Reform Well Cleanup

In New Mexico, oil companies agreed to work with regulators to find a solution to the state’s more than 70,000 unplugged wells. After months of negotiations, the industry turned against the bill it helped shape.

^ProPublica

The walls of a damaged home stand in the aftermath of the South Fork fire in Alto, New Mexico, June 19. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

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Smoke rises from a wildfire in Ruidoso, New Mexico, June 17. Pamela L. Bonner/via REUTERS

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Patterns in "soap scum" in the east fork of the Jemez River on the Las Conchas trail.

I'm not sure what causes the "soap scum" effect.

#hiking #NewMexico