Create a federal program to study and address abandoned oil and gas wells

Summer Lee introduced the Bipartisan Abandoned Well Remediation Act, which would establish a research, development, and demonstration program at the Department of Energy to address methane emissions from abandoned oil and gas wells. The proposal is intended to address threats to health, property values, and well-being; the campaign reports that it passed committee and awaited a full House vote.

Context: The campaign reports that the bill passed the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee on a unanimous, bipartisan basis and was awaiting a full House vote.

In their own words

creating an abandoned wells research, development, and demonstration program at the Department of Energy.

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Issues | Summer Lee For Congress

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