DOI’s existing oil and gas management practices allow for oil and gas producers to leak, flare, and vent natural gas at an alarming rate. Much of this gas is lost without paying royalties, this means millions in lost revenue for taxpayers each year. Find out more about the issue on this page.

• TCS Testimony to House Natural Resources Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee
• Report: The New Mexico Boom That Cost Billions
• Issue Brief: Methane Waste on Federal Lands
• Report: The State of Methane
• Report: Gas Giveaways – Methane Losses Are a Bad Deal for Taxpayers
• Weekly Wastebasket: A New Gas Rule That Stinks
• Comments to the Bureau of Land Management on the 2018 Methane Waste Rule
• Op-Ed: Codifying Needless Waste: The Bureau of Land Management Methane Failure
• Weekly Wastebasket: Up In Smoke: Time to Show Taxpayers the Money
• Analysis: Breakdown of the New Interior Methane Rule
• Fact Sheet: BLM Methane Rule At Risk (2018 Update)