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Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a conditional commitment to 14 states to receive a total of $350 million in formula grant funding to help measure and reduce methane emissions, one of the biggest drivers of climate change, from the oil and gas sector. The funding, which is made possible by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act—the largest climate investment in history—will help states support industry efforts to cut methane emissions from wells on nonfederal lands and support environmental restoration of well sites.

Central African countries like Gabon and the Ivory Coast are doing what they can to protect and preserve the world’s second largest rainforest after the Amazon.

BU’s Nathan Phillips on the importance of the Glasgow COP26 climate summit’s pledge to cut methane, a greenhouse gas.

Enthusiastic about this bill. he's been highlighting the historic investment that it makes in climate change. and you have to remember, he already came here somewhat hampered. he had hoped to have a deal in hand by the time he landed in europe. that wasn't able to happen, but he has been somewhat optimistic, very optimistic, in fact, in telling leaders he thinks this bill will get passed soon. now, today the president is focused on methane and forests. he plans to announce a new rule at the epa about cutting methane emissions. very importantly, that rule won't require approval from congress or...