Methane gets its due: Climate pledge puts focus on super pollutants
At last, methane is getting global attention as a greenhouse gas, say environmentalists. They are cheering the pledge to reduce methane emissions signed by more than 100 countries at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland.
Methane (CH4) is the No. 2 Earth-warming gas behind carbon dioxide, but it is far more potent than CO2. Methane belongs to a group of short-lived, heat-trapping gases known as super pollutants that have a supersized impact on global warming in the near term.
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