The American Oil Industry’s Playbook, Illustrated: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public (www.propublica.org)

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Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry.

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[-] aramis87@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

Privatize profits, socialize losses. Again.

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