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Reuters: Nearly 90 countries join pact to slash planet-warming methane emissions

By Reuters.

Published Nov. 2, 2021 at 9:36 am

(From L) US President Joe Biden, DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi, French President Emmanuel Macron, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Italy's Prime Minister, Mario Draghi and other world leaders pose during a group photo at the G20 of World Leaders Summit on Oct. 30, 2021 at the convention center "La Nuvola" in the EUR district of Rome.

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GLASGOW – Nearly 90 countries have joined the U.S.- and EU-led effort to slash emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane 30% by 2030 from 2020 levels, a pact aimed at tackling one of the main causes of climate change, a senior Biden administration official said.