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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.
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.
Still, nearly 90% of those alerts go unanswered.
The European Union and the U.S.
launched the Global Methane Pledge at the U.N.-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.