Colorado lawmakers have defeated a bill to phase out new oil and gas drilling and could have put former owners on the hook for cleaning up depleted, or orphan, wells.
Legislation that would have phased out new oil and gas drilling in Colorado and could have put former owners on the hook for cleaning up depleted wells was defeated late Thursday night after a nine-hour committee hearing.
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