Hunting: In search of Pennsylvania's abandoned oil and gas wells by Newmark J-School Audio Journalism published on 2021-05-21T20:09:09Z Environmental activist Laurie Barr has spent the last 10 years treading through the Allegheny National Forest in rural Pennsylvania in search of abandoned oil and gas wells. These lost remnants of a once-powerful fossil fuel industry emit greenhouse gases like methane into the atmosphere and are at risk of leaking toxins into homes and waterways. So Barr is on a mission to stop them, but first, they have to be found. This is her story, and the story of the harm abandoned wells have been causing Pennsylvania’s communities and ecosystems for years. Audio documentary written, reported and produced by Audrey Carleton. Song credit: 'Remsen' by Flatlands (Source: Blue Dot Sessions)
