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Investigation Finds BLM Failed Inspect More Than Half of High Risk Oil and Gas Wells

2014-05-14 15:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: Stengels famous line comes to mind with the recent publication of a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO)--Congress investigative arm--showing that the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the leading regulator of oil and gas drilling on federal land, wasnt even inspecting more than 2,100 of the 3,702 wells drilled between fiscal years 2009 and 2012 that the bureau, itself, had designated as high risks for water pollution or other environmental harm. The GAO also found that...

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