Another $44 million going to plugging abandoned gas wells across Pennsylvania - WTAE Pittsburgh

Another $44 million going to plugging abandoned gas wells across Pennsylvania

THE ANNA SHELTER, AND THIS INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. WELL, KELLY, GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO ANNOUNCING ANOTHER $44 MILLION WILL GO TOWARDS PLUGGING ABANDONED OIL AND GAS WELLS TO REDUCE METHANE EMISSIONS STATEWIDE. IT’S AN ISSUE ACTION NEWS INVESTIGATES LOOKED INTO EARLIER THIS YEAR, FINDING THAT HUNDREDS OF WELLS WERE ABANDONED. THE SHAPIRO ADMINISTRATION SAYS THE $44 MILLION WILL GO TOWARDS PLUGGING LOW, PRODUCING OIL AND GAS WELLS WITH SIGNIFICANT METHANE EMISSIONS. THIS ROUND OF MONEY WAS GIVEN TO THE STATE THROUGH THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, S

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Another $44 million going to plugging abandoned gas wells across Pennsylvania

Gov. Josh Shapiro has announced another $44 million will go toward plugging abandoned oil and gas wells to reduce methane emissions statewide.It's an issue Action News Investigates looked into earlier this year, finding that hundreds of wells were abandoned. The Shapiro administration says the $44 million will go toward plugging low-producing oil and gas wells with significant methane emissions.This round of money was given to the state through the Inflation Reduction Act.So far, 137 wells have been capped since Shapiro took office.

Gov. Josh Shapiro has announced another $44 million will go toward plugging abandoned oil and gas wells to reduce methane emissions statewide.

It's an issue Action News Investigates looked into earlier this year, finding that hundreds of wells were abandoned. The Shapiro administration says the $44 million will go toward plugging low-producing oil and gas wells with significant methane emissions.

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This round of money was given to the state through the Inflation Reduction Act.

So far, 137 wells have been capped since Shapiro took office.