Environment News Service: For the first time, chief executives of major oil companies joined today with senior government officials from oil-producing countries in an agreement to end the practice of routine gas flaring at oil production sites by 2030 at the latest.
The Zero Routine Flaring by 2030 global initiative -- already endorsed by nine countries, 10 oil companies and six development institutions -- was launched today by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim.
They...