Houston – we have a serious problem:

More than 27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells remain in the Gulf of Mexico and no one’s checking to see if they are leaking, reports an investigation by the Associated Press.

The AP, calling the Gulf an “environmental minefield,” says the oldest of these wells were abandoned in the late 1940s, raising questions about whether their seals remain intact. It says 3,500 wells are listed as “temporarily abandoned,” without seals, with 1,000 of them remaining that way for more than a decade.

So we have more than 27,000 wells out there that no one has even looked at in years. We need a big overhaul of this and need it now. Where are you Mr. President? Where’s our hope and change?