President Trump’s BLM Gutting Methane Standards Move is Wasteful, Misguided, and Unpopular

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

President Trump’s Bureau of Land Management Gutting Methane Standards Move is Wasteful, Misguided, and Unpopular

Statement by Howard A. Learner

Executive Director, Environmental Law & Policy Center

“President Trump’s Bureau of Land Management is gutting the standards designed to reduce wasteful flaring of methane. That misguided action hurts people, wastes a resource and adds pollution. In a poll last year, 60% of North Dakota Republicans and 59% of independents supported strong standards to reduce flaring in federal and tribal lands. That’s common sense. An estimated $76 million in natural gas is flared annually on North Dakota’s public and tribal lands. Instead of wasting that resource, we should be advancing use of innovative technologies to reduce waste, keeping jobs and money in the state.”