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As Trump defunds climate work, California steps up fight to control methane gases

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State and local agencies will soon be able to monitor California for methane pollution through satellite-mounted sensors.

The project, funded through $100 million from the state cap-and-trade program, aims to detect leaks of methane.

The clear, odorless gas is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide in “near-term warming of the planet”.

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