Methane comes front and center in climate change policy
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a short-lived but highly intensive climate pollutant that possesses more than 80 times the warming power of carbon during its first two decades in the atmosphere Union unveiled a Global Methane Pledge, seeking 30% reductions globally by 2030 from 2020 levels of human-caused releases across oil and g
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- a short-lived but highly intensive climate pollutant that possesses more than 80 times the warming power of carbon during its first two decades in the atmosphere
- Union unveiled a Global Methane Pledge, seeking 30% reductions globally by 2030 from 2020 levels of human-caused releases across oil and gas as well as other major sectors such as livestock, agriculture, coal mining, and waste.
- The Global Methane Pledge represents an initial international effort to address methane.
- The new American approach includes a legislated fee on methane emissions beginning January 2024
- Several other nations have also advanced new methane policies, constituting a potential “methane club” of national leaders.
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