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Thousands of O&G Wells Left In a Suspended Animation
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Alberta's Energy War Room isn't going to like an article which appeared in Thursday's New York Times from photo journalist, Alec Jacobson. He recently travelled to Alberta for an assignment to investigate and photograph the province's orphan wells, inactive oil and gas sites, many of which are polluting farmers' lands. The federal government is spending nearly 2 billion dollars to clean some up, but there are many thousands more continuing to spew toxins. Alec Jacobson joined Russell to explain more.