WORLD BANK CALLS FOR GAS INDUSTRY FLARE CUTS

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A WORLD Bank expert group has called on oil companies to cut gas flaring, estimating that this waste disposal pumps 390 million tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere. This is more than the potential yearly emission reductions from existing Kyoto Protocol-based initiatives, noted the bank's Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership (GGFR).

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