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of methane being released all around our planet. now, for the first time, there s a target to cut the greenhouse gas. at a conference trying to stop temperatures from rising above safe limits, this is a significant step for the world. rebecca morelle, bbc news, glasgow. in north america, one major source of methane emissions isn t new oil wells, its old ones what are called orphaned wells, some of them up to 100 years old. an oil executive names curtis shuck decided to set up a non profit organisation to cap these old wells and stop them leaking methane and other gases into the air. he has quite ofjob of work in front of him though, there are over 3 million orphaned wells across the us alone. let s bring in curtis. curtis, it is lovely to talk to you. just talk to us about these wells. how much oil comes out of these orphaned while? are they leaking methane

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