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A yellow offshore gas platform burns methane, a potent greenhouse gas causing the climate crisis.
An offshore gas platform burns methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

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  • Fifty oil and gas companies pledged to zero out methane emissions by 2030 at the UN climate summit.
  • Satellites are being deployed to track whether these companies actually meet their promises.
  • Adnoc, Saudi Aramco, ExxonMobil, Shell and other international oil majors signed on.

Catherine Boudreau reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Erin Snodgrass reported from Los Angeles.

Satellites are the next tool that will hold oil and gas companies accountable in their promise to cut methane emissions and slow global warming.

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Sustainability, cop-28, Sustainability, oil-and-gas, Climate, climate-change
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Satellites are the new climate police for oil and gas polluters