Judge Rejects Efforts to Block Vital Natural Gas Waste Prevention Standards on Federal, Tribal Lands
January 16, 2017
January 16, 2017
NEW YORK, Jan. 16 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release:
A Wyoming judge today rejected efforts to block the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) standards to reduce the waste of natural gas on federal and tribal lands before those standards take effect.
The standards will limit the amount of valuable natural gas that oil and gas companies can leak, vent, or flare on millions of acres of federal and tribal lands - a problem that results in h . . .
A Wyoming judge today rejected efforts to block the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) standards to reduce the waste of natural gas on federal and tribal lands before those standards take effect.
The standards will limit the amount of valuable natural gas that oil and gas companies can leak, vent, or flare on millions of acres of federal and tribal lands - a problem that results in h . . .