Flaring natural gas turns 'drill, baby, drill' to 'burn, baby, burn'

        July 30, 2019 USA Today | United States | fossil fuels: emissions

Lack of pipelines and gas capture systems has lead to an almost 50% increase in methane flaring at fracking sites. 1.15 billion cubic feet of natural gas was flared daily in North Dakota and Texas, equivalent to running about 5 million cars a day. As seen from space, flaring in the Bakken is on par with the nights lights of Chicago.