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You could be standing on an abandoned gas well right this second

2016-05-31 23:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: The American landscape is dotted with oil and gas wells that have been abandoned over the years. And if you happen to live atop one of those wells, this can be a big problem. NPR tells the story of Rick Kinder, a construction worker who was building a house in southern Colorado when a sudden blast sent him flying. "We just heard this big roar and then a big boom, and it threw us against the walls, and it just blew the whole top of the roof off," Kinder says. Though no one was killed in the accident,...

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Hidden, Abandoned, Dangerous: Old Gas And Oil Wells In Neighborhoods

2016-05-30 11:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Public Radio: In 2007, Rick Kinder was working for a contractor, building a house in southern Colorado. The workers had just finished putting in all the doors, windows and sealing the house. Kinder and a colleague were working in the crawlspace, hanging insulation. "And we just heard this big roar and then a big boom, and it threw us against the walls, and it just blew the whole top of the roof off," Kinder says. Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission He and his colleagues didn't know it, but they...

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Plan to Turn Sony Building Into High-End Apartments Is Abandoned

2016-04-29 11:00:00| National Real Estate Investor

CHARLES V. BAGLI In the latest example of the luxury market's slowdown, the developer Joseph Chetrit is selling the tower to companies that will turn it into an office building. read more

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