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Meeting the Methane Challenge: How the U.S. Can Reach Its 2030 Goal

Meeting the Methane Challenge: How the U.S. Can Reach Its 2030 Goal

Full Title: Meeting the Methane Challenge: How the U.S. Can Reach Its 2030 Goal
Author(s): Michael S. Lerner
Publisher(s): Energy Vision
Publication Date: March 6, 2025
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Description (excerpt):

According to the international scientific community, it is essential to cut methane emissions at least 30% by 2030 to avoid runaway climate change. Otherwise, increasingly severe wildfires, storms, droughts, glacial melting, and sea rise will threaten to destroy life as we know it.

Methane (CH4) is a much more potent greenhouse gas (GHG) than carbon dioxide (CO2) and is already responsible for a third of global warming since the Industrial Revolution began. 155 countries including the U.S. have signed on to the Global Methane Pledge, committing to cut methane emissions at least 30% from 2020 levels by 2030.

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