Energy & Science
Supersized Methane Leaks Detected in U.K. Ahead of Climate Summit
The nation hosting crucial COP26 talks to tackle global warming is also home to some of the worst methane emissions in Europe.
Methane leaking from the National Grid King’s Lynn Compressor Station.
Source: Clean Air Task Force
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One of the most significant outcomes of next week’s COP26 climate summit may be a pledge by dozens of countries to cut emissions of methane, the superpotent greenhouse gas. That will require the U.K. hosts to do some major cleaning up at home.