Top oil companies pledge 20% cut in methane emissions by 2025

The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), a group of top oil companies that now includes ExxonMobil and Chevron, has committed to a 20% cut in methane emissions by 2025, reports Reuters.

Why it matters: Per the Environmental Defense Fund, methane is 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide as a heat-trapping gas in the first two decades of its release. The announcement by OGCI is another sign of how America’s biggest oil companies, under pressure from investors and lawsuits, are joining most other U.S. corporations in working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.