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What happens when oil and gas wells don't stay plugged?

At the end of their lives, oil and gas wells need to be plugged. That can be expensive, and plugged wells don’t always stay plugged. One front yard in Ohio provides a glimpse of the problem.

NPR’s Camila Domonoske has the story.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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