«We must immediately begin to slow down that process, first by
requiring oil and gas operations to curb their soot and methane emissions.»
Not exact matches
Some states
require oil and gas companies to disclose the chemicals
and the amount of water they use in fracking
operations on FracFocus.org, a website formed by industry
and intergovernmental groups in 2011, but the statistics are not complete.
The Department of the Interior has proposed
requiring the disclosure of chemicals used during hydraulic - fracturing
operations on public lands, but much of the current
oil and gas development is taking place on private land.
At issue are draft rules that
require annual greenhouse
gas reporting from an estimated 13,000 sites, including refineries, other
oil and gas sites, power plants,
and many other types of industrial
operations, such as cement
and metals production.
True, the new law states that
oil and gas operations in «protected areas» will reduce poverty
and contribute to Bolivia's development,
and requires «fragile ecosystems» to be taken into account
and the use of the most up - to - date technology, among other things.
This law
requires U.S. - listed
oil,
gas and mining companies to publish details of their tax
and revenue payments in each country where they have
operations.
Months later, BLM finalized a similar rule
requiring oil and gas companies to reduce wasteful venting, flaring
and leaks from both new
and existing
operations on public
and tribal lands.
The letters from Gates
and members of the House call on the SEC to prevent energy companies from diluting the rules, one of which is supposed to
require all
oil,
gas and mining companies reporting to the SEC to disclose their tax
and other payments in every country of
operation.