The Bureau of Land Management finalized a rule limiting releases of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from oil and gas drilling operations on federal and tribal lands.
A drilling rig works on pulling pipe while plugging an abandoned oil well north of Shelby, Mont., in June 2021. need to stem the release of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from their drilling operations on federal and tribal lands under a highly anticipated rule the Biden administration finalized Wednesday.
These practices have become prevalent on public and tribal lands across the country, federal data shows. Between 2010 and 2020, companies reported venting and flaring an average of aboutSome fossil fuel companies argue that they need to vent or flare gas because they lack pipelines to deliver the fuel to market.
The oil and gas industry has said it supports well-designed federal methane regulations, and it is taking steps to curb its methane output. But in, a coalition of fossil fuel industry groups raised concerns that the BLM’s proposed rule was duplicative of other requirements from the EPA and states.
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