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Mark Olalde

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Mark Olalde reports on and photographs heavy industries in the U.S. and abroad, and his investigations have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, High Country News, the Center for Public Integrity, USA Today, and elsewhere.

us/Oklahoma’s Oil Industry Touts a Voluntary Fund to Clean Up Oil Wells. Major Drillers Want Their Contributions Refunded.
ByMark Olalde
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Many drillers opt out of the state's voluntary clean up fund. The money that has been refunded to these companies in recent years could have restored an estimated 1,500 orphan well sites.

Many drillers opt out of the state's voluntary clean up fund. The money that has been refunded to these companies in recent years could have restored an estimated 1,500 orphan well sites.
us/How America's 'Most Powerful Lobby' Is Stifling Efforts to Reform Oil Well Cleanup
ByMark Olalde
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New Mexico oil companies agreed to work with regulators to find a solution to the state’s thousands of unplugged wells. But the industry turned against the bill it helped shape.

New Mexico oil companies agreed to work with regulators to find a solution to the state’s thousands of unplugged wells. But the industry turned against the bill it helped shape.
us/Exposed: West Virginia and Other States Relying on ‘House of Cards’ to Pay for Coal Mine Cleanup
ByMark Olalde
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For more than a century-and-a-half, the forests, streams, and hollows of the Appalachian Mountains have been scraped and gashed to unearth their heart of rich black coal. These lumps of hydrocarbon...