--- title: Climate Change: White House Looks to Cut Methane Emissions description: The potent greenhouse gas is a major contributor to climate change canonical: https://time.com/41875/white-house-looks-to-cut-methane-emissions/ author: Denver Nicks article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-28T16:51:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T07:01:36.900Z article:section: Politics og:title: Climate Change: White House Looks to Cut Methane Emissions og:description: The potent greenhouse gas is a major contributor to climate change og:url: https://time.com/41875/white-house-looks-to-cut-methane-emissions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Climate Change: White House Looks to Cut Methane Emissions twitter:description: The potent greenhouse gas is a major contributor to climate change twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # White House Looks to Cut Methane Emissions > Sponsored content. 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Central to the administration’s methane emissions reduction strategy are new regulations on the oil and gas industry, believed to be a significant emitter of methane, which is the primary ingredient in natural gas. The Environmental Protection Agency will study the matter this year to identify key sources of methane emissions, and later in the year will announce specific strategies for reducing those emissions, the White House said in a statement. The Bureau of Land Management later this year will also announce new standards to reduce methane emissions on BLM land. Methane gas escapes from leaky pipes and wellheads, though exactly how much is not known. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas many times more potent than carbon dioxide, though it doesn’t last as long in the atmosphere. Methane accounts for nearly nine percent of all greenhouse gas emissions resulting from human activity in the U.S. “Reducing methane emissions is a powerful way to take action on climate change; and putting methane to use can support local economies with a source of clean energy that generates revenue, spurs investment and jobs, improves safety, and leads to cleaner air,” the White House said. “When fully implemented, the policies in the methane strategy will improve public health and safety while recovering otherwise wasted energy to power our communities, farms, factories, and power plants.” The plan also includes new regulations on landfills, coal mines—which can release fugitive methane in mines—and the dairy industry. 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