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Why fixing methane leaks from the oil and gas industry can be a climate game-changer – one that pays for itself

  • Written by Jim Krane, Fellow for Energy Studies, Baker Institute for Public Policy; Lecturer, Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University
imageMethane can leak from pipelines, oil and gas wells, even burners on your stove.Jens Büttner/picture alliance via Getty Images

What’s the cheapest, quickest way to reduce climate change without roiling the economy? In the United States, it may be by reducing methane emissions from the oil and gas industry.

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