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More than 100,000 oil and gas wells across the western U.S. are in areas burned by wildfires in recent decades .
Some 3 million people live next to wells that in the future could be in the path of fires worsened by climate change.
The number of wells in high-risk wildfire areas is predicted to nearly double by the end of the century .
Asian , Black , Hispanic and Native American people have faced disproportionately high exposure to those wells affected by megafires.
Public land managers should consider the long-term health effects and potential hazards of permitting wells in fire-prone areas, González says.
"We have an opportunity to take proactive action to prevent future harms," she says.
Backlog rules that increase distance between wells and places people live, work or attend school would be an effective intervention.
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