Leaders of more than 100 countries pledged to end deforestation by 2030, agreeing to a sweeping accord aimed at protecting some 85% of the world's forests, which are crucial to absorbing carbon dioxide and slowing the rise in global temperatures
Gas flares on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota on Nov. 16, 2018. For the first time, the EPA intends to limit the methane coming from roughly 1 million existing oil and gas rigs across the United States, the Biden administration plans to announce at the COP26 Summit of November 2021.
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GLASGOW, Scotland — World leaders gathered at a crucial climate summit secured new agreements Tuesday to end deforestation and reduce emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane, building momentum as the conference prepared to shift to a more grueling two weeks of negotiations on how to avert the planet’s catastrophic warming.
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