The U.S. Interior Department needs to take steps to ensure gas associated with produced reserves isn’t wasted, or flared, bicameral leaders said. House and Senate Democrats issued a letter to U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewel urging her to review a report from the Government Accountability Office finding federal standards on gas capturing are behind the curve . The letter states most of the gas vented from federal lands is methane, a potent greenhouse gas. “Eliminating this waste not only would reduce greenhouse gas emissions equal to removing some 3.1 million cars from the road, but would generate $23 million annual for the [federal government],” the letter read. Jewell said in March her agency would propose “in the coming months” standards meant to cut emissions and reduce the […]