Nigeria's penalty for gas flaring will not curb emissions, say campaigners

Guardian: Nigeria is to penalise oil giants for flaring gas but campaigners say it's unlikely to curb the release of greenhouse gases in the country, which is the world's second biggest offender after Russia. Toxic orange flares – a byproduct of Nigeria's 2m-barrel-a-day oil industry – spew the equivalent emissions of the UK's annual gas use every three months in the palm-fringed Niger Delta. Nigeria has Africa's largest natural gas reserves, which could be used for power generation if trapped. "Because...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/may/31/nigeria-penalty-gas-flaring
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