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US and EU line up global pledges to slash emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas
Two dozen additional countries have signed up for a global methane pledge, vowing to cut emissions of the potent greenhouse gas by 30 percent by 2030.
At a virtual ministerial meeting hosted in Brussels on Monday, the European Union's top climate negotiator, Frans Timmermans, and the White House special envoy for climate, John F. Kerry, announced the new signatories and stressed the importance of slashing methane.
The pledge is now backed by nine of the world's top 20 methane-emitting