February 28. 2017
Flaring or burning of natural gas means less royalties for government agencies and more energy wasted. (Bureau of Land Management)
PHOENIX – Efforts by the oil and gas industry to roll back an Obama-era environmental rule don’t sit well with most Arizonans, according to a new poll.
The energy industry wants Congress to kill a rule which reduces the amount of natural gas released or burned off at drilling sites on public land.
Lost royalties cost the federal, state and tribal governments millions of dollars annually. The Interior Department says enough natural gas was lost between 2009 and 2015 to serve more than 6 million homes for a year.
David Jenkins, president of the advocacy group Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship, says the idea of saving taxpayers money has bipartisan appeal.
Dennis Newman/Public News Service/AZ
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