Methane gets second billing in climate-change discussions, but it’s a huge problem, accounting for 30 percent of the planet’s rise in temperature. CO2 stays in the atmosphere for centuries; CH4 hangs around for just a decade, but traps many times more heat. Oil wells, cattle, landfills, cattle, coal mines—and did we mention cattle?—account for much of the problem.
To read the report, see “Curbing methane emissions: How five industries can counter a major climate threat,” September 23, 2021.