Why the Bureau of Land Management Should Stop Letting Oil and Gas Developers “Throw Away” Federal Methane
By: Stacey Steep, Articles Editor On June 25, 2013, President Obama announced a government-wide plan to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but the plan left an important GHG mitigation strategy off the table. The President could take action today to reduce the GHG methane (CH4) emissions from federal oil and gas development. Oil and gas systems’ GHG emissions are second only to the power generation sector,[1] and the sector is the main driver of CH4 emissions.[2] According to the Environmental Protection…