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“surely tens of thousands of unplugged wells in Ohio.…” — Up First from NPR at 23:08

Up First from NPR When the Oil Runs Dry

“surely tens of thousands of unplugged wells in Ohio. That's Mary Mertz, the director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. In fiscal year 24, we plugged 353 wells. And I know that doesn't sound like a lot. But she says it's a lot more than the state used to plug. The scale of the challenge is so big…”

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