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There’s a quick way to slow climate change. Why isn’t everyone doing it? – podcast

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that traps more than 80 times as much heat than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period and causes 25% of global heating today. We definitely don’t want this gas spewing needlessly into the atmosphere, but in 2023 that’s exactly what environment editor Damian Carrington found was happening when he reported on 1,000 super-emitting methane leaks across the globe. Now…

There’s a quick way to slow climate change. Why isn’t everyone doing it? – podcast

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