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The Stream, October 26, 2021: Oil and Gas Developers in California Have Been Contaminating Groundwater With Little Oversight, Study Finds

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While California law protects groundwater from contamination by operations like hydraulic fracturing, it does not prevent developers that use methods like steam injection from dumping wastewater into open pits, and has largely failed to monitor the practice. 288 GALLONS.

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Bay Journal: PA Conventional Gas Wells Routinely Abandoned, Left Unplugged

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Read more here ] DEP looked at environmental compliance from conventional oil and gas operations— not from hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” — between 2017 and 2021. Violations for abandoning wells without plugging them was the most common infraction. There are about 100,000 active oil and gas wells in state.