Thats our natural gas theyre wasting.

TO: SENATORS UDALL & HEINRICH AND

REPRESENTATIVES LUJAN & LUJAN GRISHAM
FROM: NEW MEXICO TAXPAYERS
SUBJECT: THANK YOU FOR FIGHTING FOR NEW MEXICO

You told them to stop.

New Mexicans and Americans everywhere owe you a debt
of gratitude for standing up and calling on the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) to put an end to natural gas waste on our
public lands.
Oil and gas companies that drill on federal land have to pay
royalties on the gas they produce to compensate the public for
extracting our resources. But when they waste that natural gas,
through flaring, venting and leaks, they pay no royalties, leaving
taxpayers with the short end of the stick.
Since 2006, American taxpayers have lost more than $380
million in royalties because of wasteful practices by oil and gas
companies on public lands or because companies used our
public resources free of charge.
The Bureau of Land Management can help stop the waste
and start paying taxpayers by requiring operators to use existing technologies and proven practices to produce oil and gas
more efficiently.
An overwhelming, bipartisan majority of New Mexicans
agree: We must end natural gas waste on our public lands.
New Mexicans stand behind your efforts to protect our
energy, our tax dollars, our health, and our security. Thank you
for fighting for us.

Paid for by Taxpayers for Common Sense.