Plugging the Gaps in Inactive Well Policy

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May 18, 2016

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Jacqueline Ho, Alan Krupnick, Katrina McLaughlin, Clayton Munnings, and Jhih-Shyang Shih

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Jacqueline Ho

Alan Krupnick

Senior Fellow; Director, Industry and Fuels Program

Alan Krupnick is a senior fellow at RFF.

Katrina McLaughlin

Clayton Munnings

Jhih-Shyang Shih

Fellow

Jhih-Shyang Shih is a fellow at RFF. His research interests lie in integrated system analysis of environmental and resource policy and decisionmaking.

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