Lowenthal demands Interior Dept explain plans to protect taxpayers from paying for abandoned oil and gas wells
2020-06-17
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), chair of the House Natural Resources Committee’s (HNRC) Energy and Mineral Resources (EMR) subcommittee, and HNRC Chair Raúl Grijalva (AZ-03), led a letter to Department of the Interior (DOI) leadership demanding answers to how DOI plans to hold oil and gas companies responsible for abandoning wells. …continue reading