Nonilex<p>Typically, drillers burn the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gas</span></a> they don’t capture, converting the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/methane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>methane</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CarbonDioxide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonDioxide</span></a>, a less potent <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GreenhouseGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenhouseGas</span></a>, in a process called <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/flaring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flaring</span></a>. Sometimes, they release the gas without burning it, in a process called <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/venting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>venting</span></a>.</p><p>The permit applications showed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a> companies requested to flare or vent >195 billion cubic feet of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NaturalGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalGas</span></a> per year, enough to power >3 million homes & generate millions of dollars of tax revenue had the gas been captured.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>