Jeff Brady

The poll is from the Associated Press, NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, and Energy Policy Institute at University of Chicago.

Across the population, the poll shows 37% of Americans will consider buying an electric car, but many say price is a barrier.

And 60% of Americans say the U.S.

should play a bigger role in global climate efforts.

Jeff Brady, NPR News.

The European Union regulations passed last year require countries shipping gas to EU countries have a plan for eliminating climate pollution by 2050.

That complies with the Paris Climate Agreement, which the Trump administration rejects and plans to exit.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright co-authored a letter with Qatar's energy minister.

Both countries are big gas exporters.

They warned that if the EU doesn't abandon or revise the regulations, countries risk losing access to gas.

This is part of the Trump administration's efforts to roll back former President Biden's climate initiatives and boost the fossil fuels that are heating the planet.

Jeff Brady, NPR News.

The European Union and the U.S.

launched the global methane pledge at the UN-Glasgow climate meeting four years ago.

159 countries and the EU have signed on to it.

Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and the second biggest contributor to heating the climate after carbon dioxide.

Scientists say it's responsible for about a third of the planet's warming.

The UN Environment Program report finds there has been progress in tracking methane pollution.

About a third of methane emissions from oil and gas companies is now measured.

The report also finds companies and governments are responding more often to an alert and response program.