Natural gas is a bridge fuel to a low-carbon economy so it’s unfortunate companies are burning it off at the wellhead, a World Bank spokesman said Friday. Lawmakers in Washington this week called on Interior Secretary Sally Jewel to review federal policies on so-called flared gas, pointing to a report from the Government Accountability Office finding federal standards are behind the curve . U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki -moon, the World Bank Group and European energy leaders, from Royal Dutch Shell to Norwegian company Statoil, endorsed a plan to eliminate routine flaring no later than 2030. Some energy companies burn off, or flare, natural gas associated with other deposits because of the lack of infrastructure needed to utilize the resource. […]