The American Oil Industry’s Playbook, Illustrated: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public

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by Mark Olalde, illustrations by Peter Arkle

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In December 1990, officials in the federal agency tasked with regulating offshore oil and gas drilling received a memo with a dire warning: America faced a ticking time bomb of environmental liability from unplugged oil and gas wells…
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