BATON ROUGE, La. — More than 100 abandoned oil wells, which can leak cancer-causing chemicals and threaten the environmental health of an area, in Louisiana have been plugged during the last two ...

Tens of thousands of abandoned oil and natural gas wells sit idle across the United States. Known as orphan wells, they pose significant dangers to nearby residents and the environment after being ...

The federal government is establishing an office dedicated to cleaning up abandoned oil and gas sites, a move that Louisiana officials say will likely speed the process of tackling the state’s growing ...

Imagine you’re alone on Ship Island, that sandy strip in the Gulf of Mexico. Or maybe you prefer Dauphin Island, settling into a comfy beach house, surf outside your door, seafood ready to grill ...

Louisiana's growing number of abandoned wells -- the state added an average of 170 per year from 2008 to 2013 -- highlight a problem expected to worsen the coming years in energy states, according to ...