First Nations in oil country are converting old wells to geothermal

First Nations in oil country are converting old wells to geothermal

In Fort Nelson First Nation, the remnants of a fossil fuel era that made oil barons rich are littered across the landscape. Orphaned oil wells punctuate the Dene and Cree community’s traditional territory in northeastern British Columbia. These wells abandoned by the fossil fuel extraction industry now represent an environmental risk for local residents, who saw scant economic benefit from the extraction of the crude oil that flowed beneath them…