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Atmospheric methane, which has 80 times the climate-warming power of carbon dioxide, is now 2.5 times more concentrated than pre-industrial levels. Overflights in the Dakotas and Texas surveyed the sprawling extent of methane flaring, a practice that releases methane directly into the atmosphere during oil and gas production. Flights work to implement new legislation to reduce excessive, voluntary methane flaring.