An estimated 200,000 abandoned oil and gas wells pockmark Pennsylvania’s Appalachian plateaus and lush forests. These wells, which once produced oil and gas but have since been abandoned by ...

THE OLD GAS WELL IN HER FRONT YARD IS ONE OF MORE THAN 200,000 ABANDONED AND GAS OR OIL WELLS IN PENNSYLVANIA, MANY OF THEM EMITTING TOXIC METHANE GAS. A DETECTOR FINDS GAS COMING FROM THIS WELL ...