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Accountability office: Gov’t waste of natural gas costing taxpayers millions, adding to greenhouse gas emissions
May 9, 2015 /
Significant amounts of natural gas on federal lands are being wasted, costing taxpayers tens of millions of dollars each year and adding to harmful greenhouse gas emissions, a congressional investigation has found.
The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office also said the Bureau of Land Management failed to conduct production inspections for hundreds of high-priority oil and gas wells — roughly 1 out of 5 — to ensure full payment of royalties to the U.S.
By Hope Yen
Full Story: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765673352/GAO-Govt-waste-of-natural-gas-costing-taxpayers-millions.html
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