Great rant on how Congressman Wittman wants to maintain the fossil fuel status quo by keeping Virginians enslaved to dirty energy while destroying the environment.
Did you know that Virginia has hundreds of gas and oil “stripper wells”?
Many are in Wittman’s Tidewater/Piedmount region and are not only contaminating ground water but releasing large amounts of methane gas.
Capping of wells against methane leaks is important regardless active,inactive or abandoned. This link of Virginia wells does not indicate which is which.Once you click the link…. then choose Enter to see the map location.
Great rant on how Congressman Wittman wants to maintain the fossil fuel status quo by keeping Virginians enslaved to dirty energy while destroying the environment.
Did you know that Virginia has hundreds of gas and oil “stripper wells”?
Many are in Wittman’s Tidewater/Piedmount region and are not only contaminating ground water but releasing large amounts of methane gas.
https://ft.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/sidebar/index.html?appid=0dc1ef990ec3413fb862267485d2567a
Biden had a program to reduce and/or cap this methane by Trump Republican and are actively reversing these environmental protections.
ProPublica has done an expose’ on this DEREGULATION and described here.
https://link.propublica.net/view/60c020a29a0b1045dc1e60d3rippl.1bqa/7a1cea9c
The link you provided doesn’t show us any active wells in the First District. Can you give us a list and specific locations?
Capping of wells against methane leaks is important regardless active,inactive or abandoned. This link of Virginia wells does not indicate which is which.Once you click the link…. then choose Enter to see the map location.
https://ft.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/sidebar/index.html?appid=0dc1ef990ec3413fb862267485d2567a