US opens talks with global gas heavyweights on emission checks

The formal effort was unveiled hours after European Union negotiators agreed on a plan to limit methane emissions from imported oil and gas. — Bloomberg

WASHINGTON: Some of the world’s biggest natural gas exporters and importers will craft a framework for measuring, monitoring and verifying the emissions of methane across the fuel’s supply chain under an international working group the Biden administration has announced.

The formal effort was unveiled hours after European Union negotiators agreed on a plan to limit methane emissions from imported oil and gas.