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US #Fracking / Oil and gas are major contributors

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Methane fast facts: #Methane is responsible for 20% of global warming since the Industrial Revolution; In 2018, the #food system contributed 33% of all human-caused #GHG emissions; In 2015, #livestock contributed to 10% of US methane emissions; Methane is about 30 times more potent than #CO2 over the span of a century; Europe and the Arctic are the only two regions whose methane emissions decreased from 2000 to 2018; Atmospheric methane concentrations have more than doubled in the last 200 years.
Credits: #NASA/Jesse Kirsch