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There are an estimated 15,000 abandoned wells on federal land — and states have indicated that they would need more than $8 billion to clean up 130,000 other orphaned wells.

U.S. officials identified at least 53 schools with marked or unmarked burial sites with the remains of children who died there.

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said the process will be long, difficult and painful and will not undo the heartbreak and loss endured by many families.