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An Atlanta TV station aired video in September showing a Waymo driverless taxi maneuvering around a stopped school bus.
The bus's red lights were flashing and its stop sign extended.
In Austin, Texas, the school district documented 19 similar incidents, one just moments after a student crossed in front of the Waymo vehicle.
Waymo says in an email statement that a software issue contributed to the problem and that it has been fixed.
No one was injured, and Waymo plans to file a voluntary recall of the software with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which launched an investigation.
Waymo is a subsidiary of Alphabet, the parent company of Google, which is a financial supporter of NPR.
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.
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.
Natural gas has been the most popular fuel for heating homes.