USGS: Federal lands fossil fuel extraction emissions fell in 2005-14

Oil & Gas Journal: Estimated emissions from fossil fuel extraction on federal lands of the three main gases associated with climate change went down from 2005 to 2014, a US Geological Survey study released on Nov. 23 said.

Releases of carbon dioxide fell 6.1% to 1,279 million metric tons over 10 years, it said. 2014 methane releases totaling an estimated 47.6 million tonnes of C02 equivalent were 10.5% lower than in 2005, while the 5.5 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent for nitrous oxides in 2014 was 20.3% less than 10 years earlier, the report noted.

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