FULL EPISODE: Zombie Wells: The Threat Beneath

[@justmythoughts2786]

Oil companies should have to pay a tax to a company that will be responsible for plugging all these the proper way as soon as the well is finished ✅

[@JaeJaeG]

It blows my mind oil companies aren't automatically responsible for plugging them before they abandon them. 🤯 Insane.

[@claygrier4673]

Good luck getting any laws passed in our current political landscape. You hear talk of deregulation so much that it has become an abstract. The result is that ordinary people who are negatively affected by this will vote for politicians who are in the pocket of the API. Right now Trump has promised to reduce regulations on oil and gas while also cutting their taxes. That means we will have to pay more in taxes while still having to live with this. Elections have consequences. Each member of congress has a public voting record. Everyone has the ability to look that up yet no one does. They’re more animated by BS moral panic to see what is actually happening.

[@gabriellarowden9442]

This absolutely horrifying !! What we have done to this country and the fact that the oil companies WILL NOT take accountability is DISGUSTING. Justice for these ranchers 😰😢

[@randomguy7175]

Stop drilling, untill all the mess is cleared.

[@Cheshire020]

Oh that is a huge hazard. We need to pressure local governments to take action

[@inevitablesuccess6319]

Trump has committed to getting rid of EPA. So no, nothing will be done

[@gabriellarowden9442]

Yes !!

[@Nancie-b2i]

The growing health threat to the population and environment of these wells should be addressed immediately. The federal government needs to take this seriously.

[@timreid3020]

All the money those company's make. Crazy

[@raramonty5217]

Who are the Companies responsible for these and why are they not liable for them???? Tax dollars fixing big corporations messes they leave behind. Sure file bankruptcy and still live in your penthouse or mansions. Disgusting

[@HoustonH-Town]

This comment right here! You have indeed the only comment that makes sense 😅

[@TT-qo9dv]

Ken Paxton knows about this. He gets paid to keep quiet.

[@ScrapPalletMan]

I know corporations #1 concern is shareholder profits, but could they possibly put SOME effort into not leaving death and destruction in their wake?

[@jeromehugh9624]

Step1: Drill baby drill Step2: Sell the oil & pocket the $$$ till the well goes dry Step3: File for bankruptcy Now its not my problem anymore

[@blaydCA]

Missed step 2.5: Sell well to Shoebox Company so the original company can carry on

[@ImperialRis]

This makes me sick to my stomach...

[@eaman11]

Drill Drill Drill baby!

[@mrrobloxgaming3613]

I dont understand why these arent torned down after there stop being used

[@LadieKadie]

When you learn to read and write you can have an opinion.

[@rosemariebredahl9519]

Climate crisis protesters should be protesting the neglect of leaking "Zombie Wells"!

[@Jonathan-un7uq]

What makes you think we aren't? You should more be involved and you'd know about this situation already .

[@BrianHarvey-h6w]

Its a EPA problem

[@Jonathan-un7uq]

Who?

[@claygrier4673]

Not anymore since Trump’s Supreme Court struck down Chevron doctrine. Also, how is the EPA funded? Do you know the oil and gas industry already gets millions in subsidies from the federal government? You think they should get that plus more tax cuts courtesy of the incoming administration along with deregulation and be allowed to walk off without any burden?

[@MarthaTilley]

National nightmare!!!!

[@JosephSciegns]

You're well aware of the underlying.

[@shawnjersey5463]

If your gonna dig a well, shouldn't a deposit be put down to plug that well first. Just incase those companies go bankrupt. Kinda common since

[@gabriellarowden9442]

How can we help ??

[@gabriellarowden9442]

Let us know - because I want to !!

[@mycatisaudrey]

Why the hell are we allowing this?

[@Spice1_]

Thank you

[@adams9881]

This story has so much misinformation. News reporters, “ranchers” and calis are all experts on the oil and gas industry suddenly? No, it’s their logic of “oil companies = big money, which means I’ll try to get rich quick”, let’s be honest about it. That H2S monitor went off at 3:33 and 12:43 because she farted.

[@halimtalafuka9946]

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[@gmv0553]

There are numerous old oil wells in Pennsylvania leaking natural gas!

[@blairerosin5483]

I thought this a blend of summer wells case and lori vallow

[@TexasBornPatriots]

ABC has to make movies to compete with Hallmark channel

[@Abi-e6q9d]

the oil companies need to plug all the oil wells they left behind. The onus is on them not on the individual taxpayer

[@halimtalafuka9946]

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[@MarthaTilley]

Major neglect!!

[@Anthony-d8j7g]

Soon, our father 'is coming back soon my brother....😊

[@bh47]

Thank you to the journalists bringing this to light and getting the info out. The government has to stop subsidizing these industries with record profits in the billions, Elon Musk included. When these corporations are raking in billions in profits and still skirt tax laws, they should be putting their own money back into their business instead of getting subsidies from taxpayer money. Giving billionaires control of our government is not the answer.

[@zacharythomas8617]

How many of those wells come from Standard Oil?

[@lindataylor758]

🙏🙏🙏

[@bubblybec16]

Why don't they do environmental shut downs ??

[@luddite333]

good report

[@howlingfang3215]

There’s no way this is real

[@angelinimartini]

I work in the oil and gas industry. Yes it’s something that really happens and everywhere in the states. Had an “abandoned” well cause trouble near my current site in a place called Toyah not long ago.

[@howlingfang3215]

@ if zombies end up coming out of those abandoned oil/gas industries, better prepare for the apocalypse

[@susana5505]

I want to know more, interview government authorities, geologists,medical Drs. Please

[@gleove1]

No zombies?

[@jeremiahjoseph3973]

The ones that gain from this will eventually run out of land to run too…

[@kristyneknodel8395]

Do people really think this will get cleaned up with the new administration coming into office? I think not!

[@deanbarnette1602]

DAAMMN!!! #SMMFH!! 🤬

[@SaulGudman-s5q]

Corporations exist to make money not spend

[@JC02official]

Just remember that you voted for this. Now you will learn your lesson the hard way

[@Excremental_Discharge]

2:20 look at all of those abandoned wells in Red states/counties🤣

[@chezchezchezchez]

Why not use stainless steel?

[@all_day_cj]

Water outside of Houston just as brown as the water after my daily deposit back to eco system 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@irmarobinson3203]

The struggle is definitely real. God's Creation: The earth and ALL within belongs to Him. Treat it with kindness, love and respect. The same shall be returned to us.

[@kaisadler]

I wanna see them IGNITE one!

[@JaeJaeG]

Omg 😳

[@mikelreborn3254]

"I used to develop spill plans for Riggs on land. I wouldn't even know how to deal with this. We'd carefully assess the situation in case of an oil spill. We would consider the proximity of water, the topography (hills and slopes), and the potential impact. We would also thoroughly inspect the oil well itself and all related equipment. It's astounding that anyone would ever leave water wells in such a manner."

[@JousungKim-ji6hz]

Trump: Enemies within the U.S. are more problematic than Kim Jong-un

[@aznative_]

Nice quote but don't forget that Trump wants to deregulate everything so he will make things worse in this particular scenario. This was not the people/problems he was talking about when he made that statement. He was speaking specifically about his political rivals and the media.

[@Trina.b00]

Oh my word 😮

[@montanagirlthompson1978]

President Trump lets get this taken care of!!!

[@synapticdecay5845]

😂Yeah right. Deregulation and nixing environmental law and abatement is his MO

[@montanagirlthompson1978]

@synapticdecay5845 if this needs to be taken care of then we need to stand up and be heard .....again We're to start...EPA?? Are we going to have one now?

[@shaf60]

Trump would say drill at least fifty to a hundred more holes around them .

[@claygrier4673]

@@montanagirlthompson1978hey you voted for him. He doesn’t care anymore about what you think and he can do anything and you and I have no recourse.

[@montanagirlthompson1978]

@claygrier4673 who said I voted for him?

[@andrew2371]

You can thank the Republicans for this

[@montanagirlthompson1978]

@andrew2371 why? Explain please? I never thought of our natural resources as red or blue.

[@Mrdollarbag]

This is Trump idea drill baby drill..what a joker he is

[@ImperialRis]

Oh my

[@hectorphipps4081]

👉👉21 Saturday December 2024 at 6:21 PM.. .....😢😮😢all earth ---mankind--- killing us😮😢😮😢😢😮😢.....👈👈

[@GrandmaJilly1]

🤑🤮🤢🥵🤠😢😰☠

[@HernanRuelas-w4n]

Yet these farmers keep voting for people that will not help them

[@gabriellarowden9442]

This absolutely horrifying !! What we have done to this country and the fact that the oil companies WILL NOT take accountability is DISGUSTING. Justice for these ranchers 😰😢