“This major issue has sneaked up on us,” said Dwayne Purvis, a Texas-based petroleum reservoir engineer who analyzed profits and cleanup costs for the report. “Policymakers haven’t recognized it. Industry hasn’t recognized it, or, if they have, they haven’t talked about it and acted on it.” The analysis, which was commissioned by Carbon Tracker Initiative, … Continue reading It Could Cost $21 Billion to Clean Up California’s Oil Sites, Study Finds — ProPublica