27,000 abandoned oil wells in the Gulf, and no one checking if they leak

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Over 3,800 active oil wells in Gulf of Mexico, also.

More than 27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells lurk in the hard rock beneath the Gulf of Mexico, an environmental minefield that has been ignored for decades.

No one — not industry, not government — is checking to see if they are leaking, an Associated Press investigation shows.

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