Whitehouse Seeks Methane Enforcement Push At Azerbaijan Climate Talks

September 10, 2024
A Democratic senator who has long focused on climate issues is expressing optimism that negotiators at this fall’s United Nations climate conference will advance efforts to enforce against methane leaks using new technology such as satellites, a move he says would build on multiple major U.S. methane policies. The arguments from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) come ahead of the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the U.N. climate treaty -- scheduled for Nov. 11-22 in Baku, Azerbaijan -- that...


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