The beef industry is one step closer to breeding highly productive cattle that produce lower methane emissions thanks to a collaborative research project leading to a research EBV for methane, likely ...

As regulators investigate and lawmakers lament the Feb. 3 train derailment at the Ohio-Pennsylvania border that released carloads of toxic chemicals into the atmosphere, state officials have expressed ...

For the first time, scientists, using satellite data from the Copernicus Sentinel missions, are now able to detect individual methane plumes leaking from natural gas pipelines around the globe.

If methane, the main component of natural gas, can be efficiently converted to liquid fuels, world reserves of methane could satisfy the demand for transportation fuels in addition to use in other ...

This collection of real-world examples demonstrates how flaring and methane emissions have been successfully reduced from oil and gas operations across the developing world. These cases serve as ...

Microorganisms growing in landfills, on agricultural land and in wetlands are contributing to skyrocketing levels of atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas, according to new research. Microbes ...

Fracking—the use of hydraulic pressure to crack layers of shale that hold oil and natural gas—is controversial. That’s one thing we know about a debate that mainly focuses on what we don’t know. The ...

US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry at the COP27 climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt — JOSEPH EID US climate envoy John Kerry urged Pacific island states on Thursday to join ...

"Aggressive cuts could produce visible temperature relief within a generation." ...

Methane detected near homes has prompted plans for a permanent control system at the former Cliffdale Landfill.

Title image: The Pantanal, located in South America, is the world's largest tropical wetland. Tropical wetlands are responsible for about a fifth of the world's methane emissions. (Credit: ...