The Coalition is seeing red (meat) over the methane pledge – but it’s not just about burping cattle | Temperature Check
by Graham Readfearn from on (#64XRD)
About half of the CO2-equivalent caused by releasing methane in Australia comes from agriculture. The rest comes mainly from coalmines, oil, gas and waste
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First it was electric cars trying to tow away your weekend, and now it's a non-binding global pledge to make modest cuts to methane emissions that will devour your steak (apologies to the vegetarians and vegans).
The Albanese government is considering signing a global pledge alongside more than 120 other countries, led by the United States and Europe, to cut all methane emissions by 30% by 2030.
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