The Associated Press: Feds would lift block on oil leases in MT, ND, SD
At issue are greenhouse gases emitted by oil company trucks and drilling rigs and industry practices such as flaring gas, which sends methane directly into the atmosphere.
In a series of new studies, the Bureau of Land Management said emissions from anticipated drilling on the leases would be negligible compared with other sources.
"We can't show a direct tie between these emissions and climate change, so we can't attach (restrictions on development) to leases," BLM spokeswoman Mary Apple said Friday.
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You state that: "At issue are ...industry practices such as flaring gas, which sends methane directly into the atmosphere." 100% false. The purpose of flaring is to convert inflammable natural gas into carbon dioxide and water. For those of your believe in AGW theory, the product gases have a greatly reduced capacity to retain heat in the atmosphere. And lastly, before you ask, methane leaks into the atmosphere from the earth's crust naturally, all the time, and in vast quantities.
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