Gas flaring from oil and gas operations, a source of greenhouse gas emissions, is on the decline, but reaching a goalpost remains elusive, the World Bank said. The United Nations and World Bank in 2015 endorsed a goal of zero routine flaring by 2030. The aim, which has support from 27 governments and more than two dozen oil companies, is to find ways to eliminate the burning off of the natural gas associated with oil production no later than 2030. Satellite data from a World Bank-managed program, which counts the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration among its partners, found gas flaring last year declined even though global oil production increased by about a half percent. “The latest global […]