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Methane
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Canada raises bar for methane leadership with new regulatory framework
The Government of Canada just issued a new regulatory framework to reduce methane emissions from its oil and gas sector by at least 75% by 2030, setting a new bar for methane leadership.
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A call to action: The international community must scale support for methane mitigation
Despite broad agreement on the importance of fast action to mitigate methane, the international community has been slow in delivering the needed financial and capacity support.
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How our trash contributes to climate change — and what we can do about it
The climate impacts of our trash are becoming harder to ignore.
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New evidence of UK methane pollution uncovered ahead of COP26
New evidence of UK methane pollution has been uncovered by Clean Air Task Force during fieldwork undertaken in October 2021.
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New IEA report highlights importance of cutting methane from fossil fuels in blueprint for global action
The latest IEA report makes clear that substantial cuts to methane emissions from the fossil fuel sector is the lowest hanging fruit in global climate policy.
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Groundbreaking New U.N. Report Shows Reducing Global Methane Emissions Would Have Major Climate Benefit at Virtually No Cost
A 40-45% methane cut by 2030 would avoid nearly 0.3 degrees Celsius of global warming by the 2040s. BOSTON – The newly released Global Methane Assessment from the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) makes clear that significantly cutting methane emissions is “absolutely critical, hugely beneficial,…
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CATF Testimony on Proposal to Eliminate the Direct Regulation of Methane from EPA’s New Source Performance Standards
On October 17, 2019, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held its only public hearing on Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s proposal to eliminate the direct regulation of methane from the EPA’s New Source Performance Standards. Sarah Smith, CATF Super Pollutants Program Director, was honored to testify against this proposal alongside more than…
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Putting out the Fire
How Nigeria has quietly cut flaring by 70%, and is now moving to cut methane emissions from the oil and gas sector.