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Mitigating Climate Change Due to Methane From Natural Gas

3BL Media

Methane is a primary component in natural gas and a contributor to climate change. Why is reducing methane emissions so important to climate change mitigation? This powerful warming effect causes experts to believe that cutting methane emissions is critical to mitigating climate change. infrastructure.

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U.S. Food Waste Pact Engages Businesses Across the Country To Target, Measure, and Act To Reduce Food Waste

3BL Media

Food Waste Pact will deliver on the urgent need for a national strategy and partnership to accelerate food waste reduction, which has been identified as a top solution to climate change. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions by the USDA and EPA, as well as global efforts like World Resources Institute’s 10x20x30 initiative.

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Initiative to create ‘world’s first’ transnational solar grid network formed at COP26

Renewable Energy World

At the United Nations COP26 climate summit that began this week, 80 countries endorsed plans for the world's first transnational solar power network, led by the UK and India. President Joe Biden expressed support for the initiative in his speech at the launch of COP26. "We Follow @EngelsAngle.

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Breathing Room

Chris Hall

At COP26, 112 countries signed the Global Methane Pledge , committing to reducing global methane emissions by at least 30% by 2030. Additionally, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposal in 2021 which would require oil and gas operators to detect and repair methane leaks at the 300,000 largest well sites.

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ESG Explainer: Managing the Methane Menace

Chris Hall

Six months on from COP26’s Global Methane Pledge, the quick wins needed to achieve 2030 targets pose steep challenges. At COP26, 112 countries signed the Global Methane Pledge , an initiative designed to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30% by 2030. Delivering on the pledge could reduce warming by at least 0.2?C

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Despite the Headlines, 2021 Was A Year Full of Environmental Victories

Richard Matthews

Environmental successes are easily overlooked in a world ravaged by climate change, biodiversity loss, an ongoing global pandemic and attacks against democracy. The dystopian legacy of the former president is becoming increasingly clear to all but the willfully ignorant as is his politicization of climate change and COVID.

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Biden’s Climate Ambition Weathers a Political Storm

Chris Hall

This could be seen as chickens coming home to roost given the country has historically been one of the biggest contributors to climate change. billion metric tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2020 alone, said the US Environment Protection Agency (EPA). The US has a credibility that it didn’t have at COP26,” he says. .