These Teens Adopted an Orphaned Oil Well. Their Goal: Shut It Down. NYT: Science By: Delger Erdenesanaa 24 May 2024 at 05:02 Students, nonprofit groups and others are fund-raising to cap highly polluting oil and gas wells abandoned by industry. ยฉ Cornell Watson for The New York TimesFrom left: Lila Gisondi, Mateo De La Rocha and Sebastian Ng, high school seniors in Cary, N.C., who adopted an oil well in Ohio that was leaking gas.