The following submission statement was provided by /u/cartoonzi:

From the article:

"Oil and gas producers Canada and Nigeria have become the latest countries to tackle the potent greenhouse gas methane with laws to rein in emissions in the fossil fuel energy sector.

The announcements came as the United States on Friday said it would expand its own rules to require oil and gas drillers to find and fix leaks of methane at all of the country's well sites.

Canada said its new rules would target a 75% cut in methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 2030, including through a proposed monthly requirement for oil and gas companies to find and fix methane leaks in their infrastructure.

Nigeria, among the world's top 10 methane emitters, announced new rules for how to reduce emissions in its oil and gas industry. They include requirements for leak detection and repair, limits to flaring and controls on venting equipment."

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I'm really glad to see more attention and enforcement on cutting methane emissions. Because methane warms the planet more than CO2 in the short term, reducing those emissions can help achieve the short-term emission goals we need to achieve by 2030 and by 2050. Obviously, we still need to cut CO2 emissions as well and this shouldn't be seen as an alternative. But this will have a significant impact in the short term once more countries impose similar laws and regulations.

Please reply to OP's comment here: https://old.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/yvcd2d/canada_and_nigeria_target_oil_and_gas_methane/iwdir0h/