methane

Methane rule issue shows divide in opinion polls

Mar 15, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

Oil and natural gas companies and their supporters continue to wage a war of words – and opinion polls – with backers of a Bureau of Land Management rule regulating emissions of methane from natural gas wells drilled on federal land, while a Colorado senator remains undecided on his stance on the rule. Earlier this…
Methane rule before U.S. Senate attracts Colorado input

Feb 24, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Coloradans are getting in the fight over repealing newly enacted rules to reduce methane emissions from oil and natural gas wells on public lands. The rules, published in November, would require companies to capture methane they leak or vent. Besides keeping gases that contribute to global warming out of the atmosphere, proponents say the methane…
Rescinding BLM gas waste reduction rule before Senate

Feb 20, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

One of Colorado’s U.S. Senators is strongly opposed to a measure that would roll back an Obama administration rule to prevent the flaring and wasting of methane and natural gas developed on public and tribal lands, while the second is undecided. The rule was among several environmental regulations issued in the last days of the…
Methane rules for public lands voted down in U.S. House

Feb 3, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

The U.S. House voted Friday morning, 221 to 191, to repeal new rules that require those who operate drilling wells on public lands to capture leaked or vented methane. The Bureau of Land Management’s Methane Waste Rule put a stop to companies venting the wells into the atmosphere, a practice that was defended by industry in hearings and a…
Faith groups praise methane limits

Dec 1, 2016

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Mike McKibbin

Leaders from the faith community in Colorado and across the Southwest have sent a letter to President Barack Obama and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, thanking them for adopting new rules to limit methane waste on public and tribal lands. A Public News Service story said the letter described the policy as in sync with church…
Study: Most of methane hot spot comes from natural gas leaks

Aug 15, 2016

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Dan Elliott

A puzzling concentration of the greenhouse gas methane over the Southwestern United States appears to come mostly from leaks in natural gas production, scientists said Monday. Researchers identified more than 250 sources of a methane hot spot over the Four Corners region of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. They include gas wells, storage tanks, pipelines…

methane

Methane rule issue shows divide in opinion polls

Methane rule before U.S. Senate attracts Colorado input

Rescinding BLM gas waste reduction rule before Senate

Methane rules for public lands voted down in U.S. House

Faith groups praise methane limits

Study: Most of methane hot spot comes from natural gas leaks