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August 2025: The Economist https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/08/20/old-fossil-fuel-plants-are-becoming-green-energy-hubs
July 2025: NPR https://www.npr.org/2025/07/07/nx-s1-5449162/finding-orphan-oil-wells
June 2025: CBC https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/non-producing-oil-gas-wells-mcgill-1.7565725
June 2025: Shaye Ganam Show (June 23, 12:05pm ET, Guest Host Angela Kokott - APP, Oil and Gas Wells, U.S. Missile Strike) https://globalnews.ca/calgary/program/shaye-ganam
June 2025: Technology Networks https://www.technologynetworks.com/applied-sciences/news/methane-leaks-from-dormant-canadian-oil-and-gas-wells-are-seven-times-worse-than-thought-400898
June 2025: McGill Newsroom https://www.mcgill.ca/nursing/channels/news/methane-leaks-dormant-oil-and-gas-wells-canada-are-seven-times-worse-thought-mcgill-study-suggests-365629
June 2025: EOS https://eos.org/articles/nonproducing-oil-wells-may-be-emitting-7-times-more-methane-than-we-thought
October 2024: PBS News Hour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PkcazdPQvU https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/states-work-to-track-down-and-cap-dangerous-methane-leaks-from-abandoned-oil-and-gas-wells
June 2024: CBC https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/abandoned-well-survey-1.7242051
June 2024: NPR radio https://www.npr.org/2024/06/04/nx-s1-4968344/america-has-old-oil-wells-that-no-longer-pump-oil-but-can-still-release-pollution
May 2024: NY Times https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/climate/orphan-wells-capping-methane-leaks.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uU0.KD5T.akCoBp2qs5NH&smid=url-share
March 2024: Bloomberg Law https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/failed-oil-well-plugs-are-silent-polluters-that-no-one-watches
February 2024: Financial Times https://t.co/cKZ9S6GoY6 https://www.ft.com/content/00af1e5f-4120-4630-9053-d09296ad8d22?accessToken=zwAAAY3XukOYkc8Arx5fQSBGMNOQU9CSlq2NIg.MEUCIBUdZDWickEq50z4xYnBVA2DnlV2Wx_FEvGWNkECwBE_AiEAv4aerdIbMPCVGHG0Lgsa9_LpF5D9eRKHDqGVUuEBLBo&segmentId=e95a9ae7-622c-6235-5f87-51e412b47e97&shareType=enterprise
January 2024: NBC https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/climate-in-crisis/climate-in-crisis-orphaned-gas-oil-wells/3423903/
December 2023: The Tyee https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/11/Alberta-Methane-Super-Emitter/
November 2023: Sciline https://www.sciline.org/environment-energy/abandoned-oil-gas-wells/
July 2023: Barron's https://www.barrons.com/news/deserted-canadian-oil-wells-an-ecological-time-bomb-cbf34825
July 2023: France24 https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230713-in-canada-deserted-oil-wells-are-environmental-time-bombs
July 2023: The Economic Times https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/oil-and-gas/in-canada-deserted-oil-wells-are-environmental-time-bombs/101719815
June 2023: BNN Bloomberg https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/video/assessing-environmental-risks-and-opportunities-of-orphaned-oil-and-gas-wells~2713599
June 2023: Inside Climate News https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11062023/pennsylvania-abandoned-wells-infrastructure-funds/
February 2023: Le Devoir https://www.ledevoir.com/environnement/784529/des-emissions-de-methane-passent-inapercues-a-montreal
December 2022: CTV News https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2592699
December 2022: La Presse https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/environnement/2022-12-14/etude-de-l-universite-mcgill/les-bouches-d-egout-puissants-emetteurs-de-ges.php
December 2022: Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/12/02/orphan-wells-infrastructure-law/
September 2022: National Geographic https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/to-find-old-methane-leaking-oil-wells-researchers-look-to-history
February 2022: CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/24/plugging-methane-leaking-oil-gas-wells-in-the-us-will-cost-billions.html
January 2022: Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/01/31/orphaned-wells-biden-climate-change/
January 2022: La Presse https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/environnement/2022-01-25/petrole-et-gaz/de-plus-en-plus-de-puits-abandonnes-au-canada.php
October 2021: Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/15/abandoned-wells-are-huge-climate-problem/
August 2021: Globe and Mail https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-investigation-underway-into-explosion-that-rocked-small-ontario-town/
July 2021: The Associated Press https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-environment-and-nature-coronavirus-pandemic-f04ac92a45b4e02392e86b618cc4ff03
May 2021: L'actualité https://lactualite.com/environnement/les-puits-abandonnes-une-plaie-pour-le-climat/
April 2021: New Republic https://newrepublic.com/article/162068/us-big-abandoned-oil-well-problem
April 2021: E&E News https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063729003
January 2021: La Presse https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/environnement/2021-01-21/puits-d-hydrocarbures-abandonnes/les-emissions-annuelles-de-methane-largement-sous-estimees-selon-une-etude.php
January 2021: Energywire E&E News https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063723223
January 2021: Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-drilling-study/u-s-and-canada-underestimating-climate-risk-from-abandoned-oil-and-gas-wells-study-idUSKBN29P2OZ
January 2021: Phys.org https://phys.org/news/2021-01-methane-emissions-abandoned-oil-gas.html
January 2021: Financial Post https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/u-s-and-canada-underestimating-climate-risk-from-abandoned-oil-and-gas-wells-study
January 2021: McGill Newsroom https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/methane-emissions-abandoned-oil-and-gas-wells-underestimated-327816
January 2021: Downtown Magazine https://www.downtownpublications.com/single-post/orphaned-oil-gas-wells-and-threat-do-the-climate
December 2020: Phys.org https://phys.org/news/2020-12-big-groundwater-california.html
December 2020: Science Daily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201209170704.htm
December 2020: Environmental Health News https://www.ehn.org/oil-and-gas-wells-methane-oceans-2649126354.html
November 2020: Grist https://grist.org/energy/plugging-abandoned-oil-wells-carbon-offsets/
September 2020: Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-09-17/abandoned-gas-wells-are-left-to-spew-methane-for-eternity?sref=ubZrhLHZ
June 2020: Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-drilling-abandoned-specialreport/special-report-millions-of-abandoned-oil-wells-are-leaking-methane-a-climate-menace-idUSKBN23N1NL
April 2020: Radio-Canada https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1694968/pollution-puits-petrole-gaz-methane-economie?fbclid=IwAR1W0ZVFWhM_anT_glds8o8s22bcoDcIJF617q_XqWuIB9FW7PuXy0AGhbY
March 2020: The Conversation https://theconversation.com/a-tenth-of-active-and-abandoned-oil-and-gas-wells-in-northeastern-b-c-are-leaking-127921
November 2019: McGill Tribune http://www.mcgilltribune.com/sci-tech/malignant-infrastructure-the-hidden-costs-of-orphan-wells-191119/
November 2019: EOS https://eos.org/articles/fugitive-gas-abetted-by-barometric-pressure
November 2019: Popular Science https://www.popsci.com/story/environment/natural-gas-leaks-methane/
May 2019: Energywire https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060364121
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