Exxon, Occidental and Diamondback are among those touting efforts to end routine gas flaring, but their flames keep spewing pollution around the world.

Toxic flames next door: Persistent gas flares undercut oil industry pledges

Flaring Front Lines

A young resident plays basketball as a gas flare burns nearby in the South Ranchito neighborhood just beyond Odessa, Texas, in May.

Industrial Pollution

Oil companies say they're ending routine gas flaring. Satellite data tell a different story.

Ben Elgin is an investigative reporter who writes about the environment and climate change for Bloomberg News in San Francisco.

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Toxic flames next door: Persistent gas flares undercut oil industry pledges

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