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On the recordApril 25, 2023
In a recent GAO report it was revealed that since the 1960s, BSEE and BOEM have allowed the offshore oil and gas industry to leave 97 percent of pipelines--that is 18,000 miles of infrastructure--on the sea floor of the Gulf of Mexico when no longer in use.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Highlighting the issue of abandoned pipelines affecting offshore wind development.

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