Children hold messages near a “shut-in” well within 500 feet of a public school in Broomfield, Colorado north of Denver. Big Oil has abandoned over two million oil and gas wells — like this one — to leak harmful pollution into our communities and environment. Some of these wells are right next to homes, schools, and other sensitive sites. Congress is debating legislation authored by Senator Michael Bennet and Representative Teresa Leger Fernández to create good jobs remediating abandoned oil and gas wells, and in the process reduce climate and toxic pollution, improve public health, and support communities and workers in the transition to a renewable energy future.