‘A bill for the bosses’: infrastructure bill sticks taxpayers with oil cleanup costs

..The scheme ultimately lands those cleanup costs – an estimated $280bn – on taxpayers, including, most egregiously, residents suffering from the impacts of pumping and scraping oil and gas from the ground. Proximity to a well is linked with increased risk of preterm birth and elevated childhood cancer rates...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/21/infrastructure-bill-taxpayers-oil-cleanup-costs