> The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that in 2019, methane emissions from natural gas and petroleum systems and from abandoned oil and natural gas wells were the source of about 29% of total U.S. methane emissions and about 3% of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
Source: https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/natural-gas/natural-gas-...
Sounds like it matters to me, especially considering methane is a particularly potent greenhouse gas.