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Interventions include fixing leaks of the potent greenhouse gas from natural gas extraction facilities and landfill sites that would not only slow warming but also enhance air quality, bringing cascading benefits to health and the environment.

Global methane emissions are modest compared to those of carbon dioxide, but each ton of methane in the atmosphere traps tens of times more heat than a ton of CO₂. Today, methane causes about 30 percent of global warming, and its emissions have been rising rapidly.

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