Missoulian: Big
Mountain Jesus' gets the OK from 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
RELIGION FOUND V. CHIP WEBER
RELIGION FOUND V. CHIP WEBER
Missoulian: Court
revives dispute over energy leasing's climate impacts
MT ENVIRONMENTAL INFO. CENTER V. US BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
“The recreational and aesthetic interests asserted by Appellants’ members1 may establish actual injury to the extent such interests would be concretely harmed by the challenged governmental action. See Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Envtl. Servs. (TOC), Inc., 528 U.S. 167, 181–83 (2000). In analyzing these claims of injury, the district court erred by failing to consider surface harms caused by development of the challenged leases and instead focusing only on the climate change effects of such development.”
MT ENVIRONMENTAL INFO. CENTER V. US BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
“The recreational and aesthetic interests asserted by Appellants’ members1 may establish actual injury to the extent such interests would be concretely harmed by the challenged governmental action. See Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Envtl. Servs. (TOC), Inc., 528 U.S. 167, 181–83 (2000). In analyzing these claims of injury, the district court erred by failing to consider surface harms caused by development of the challenged leases and instead focusing only on the climate change effects of such development.”
FEDERAL OIL AND GAS LEASES: Opportunities
Exist to Capture Vented and Flared Natural Gas, Which Would Increase Royalty
Payments and Reduce Greenhouse Gases
“Estimates of vented and flared natural gas for federal leases vary considerably, and GAO found that Data from EPA, supported by information obtained from technology vendors and GAO analysis, suggest that around 40 percent of natural gas estimated to be vented and flared on onshore federal leases could be economically captured with currently available control technologies. According to GAO analysis, such reductions could increase federal royalty payments by about $23 million annually and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an amount equivalent to about 16.5 million metric tons of CO2--the annual emissions equivalent of 3.1 million cars. Venting and flaring reductions are also possible offshore, but data were not available for GAO to develop a complete estimate.”
“Estimates of vented and flared natural gas for federal leases vary considerably, and GAO found that Data from EPA, supported by information obtained from technology vendors and GAO analysis, suggest that around 40 percent of natural gas estimated to be vented and flared on onshore federal leases could be economically captured with currently available control technologies. According to GAO analysis, such reductions could increase federal royalty payments by about $23 million annually and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an amount equivalent to about 16.5 million metric tons of CO2--the annual emissions equivalent of 3.1 million cars. Venting and flaring reductions are also possible offshore, but data were not available for GAO to develop a complete estimate.”
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