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Funding is coming in to help abandoned wells in Ohio

Posted on: 02/03/2022
By  WMOA staff
 
Across the country, reports say 81,000 abandoned drilling sites are emitting dangerous methane gas and leaking toxic pollution into communities.  891 of these are in Ohio according to Ryan's office. 
 
 
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law secured 4.7 billion dollars in new federal funding to help plug wells and reclaim lands impacted by oil and gas development.  The first phase of funding totals 1.15 billion dollars across 26 states. 
 
 
More than 256 million dollars is coming to Ohio out of those funds.
 
 
Washington County is in the top three in the state totaling 62 orphaned wells. Wood county Ohio and Cuyahoga county are 1st and 2nd respectively. 

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Funding is coming in to help abandoned wells in Ohio

Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan announced millions of dollars coming to Ohio to help with abandoned Oil and Gas wells.

 

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