Nine million Americans live near an orphan oil and gas well. These wells have no owner and they were never sealed, so they're leaking out tons of methane and deadly gases unchecked. Some are 150 years old, and were lost with time. So finding and plugging them with cement can be so costly, most states don't have the funds to do it. But with $4.7 billion in funds to address this problem passed with the Infrastructure Bill, there's renewed hope. We follow one ex-oil executive and his team as he hunts down and plugs forgotten oil wells. MORE BUSINESS INSIDER VIDEOS How Plates Made From Sugarcane Could Help India's Plastic Problem | World Wide Waste https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcqCWiGyDvw How Logs of Fruit Pulp Replace Firewood and Charcoal | World Wide Waste https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s15_SBuMUB0 Briquettes Made From Coconut Waste Could Reduce Deforestation | World Wide Waste https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meBd1GHC2yg ------------------------------------------------------ #OrphanOilWells #WorldWideWaste #BusinessInsider Business Insider tells you all you need to know about business, finance, tech, retail, and more. Visit us at: https://www.businessinsider.com/ Subscribe: null BI on Facebook: https://read.bi/2xOcEcj BI on Instagram: https://read.bi/2Q2D29T BI on Twitter: https://read.bi/2xCnzGF BI on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/discover/Business_Insider/5319643143 Boot Camp on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/discover/Boot_Camp/3383377771 Meet The Retired Oil Exec Plugging Forgotten Wells To Reduce Emissions | World Wide Waste