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Environment
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Gas industry urged to pull 'emergency brake' on warming

Only 21 per cent of Australia's oil and gas industry met the highest standard of methane reporting. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

More oil and gas producers are tracking a dangerous pollutant that contributes to global warming, a report has found, but much of the industry remains in the dark.

The United Nations Environment Programme released the findings on Thursday, revealing companies from 90 countries were measuring methane emissions but more than half of global gas and oil production remained outside its reporting program.

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