House GOP Would Have Taxpayers Pay for Cleanup When Fracking Boom Goes Bust

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A House committee is considering legislation introduced by Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert that could leave taxpayers on the hook for up to $17.7 billion in costs associated with cleaning up oil and gas wells abandoned on public lands by fracking companies and other polluters, according to a new report from the watchdog group Public Citizen. Oil and gas industry lobbyists and their allies...

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