China Doesn't Have a Solution for Its Methane Problem - Bloomberg
China Doesn’t Have a Solution for Its Methane Problem - Bloomberg
China Doesn’t Have a Solution for Its Methane Problem
The roadmap to cutting greenhouse-gas emissions has no overall target or a date. It doesn’t help the country’s net-zero goals.
Coal’s the culprit. Bloomberg
Could the world’s biggest polluter be on the brink of cleaning up its act?
That’s the promise of an announcement from China last week of a roadmap for cutting methane emissions— but the initial draft falls short. Often neglected in climate discussions in favor of carbon dioxide, the smallest hydrocarbon molecule, with the formula CH4, is also one of the most damaging. It accounts for about a quarter of the warming we’re experiencing.
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