The amount of methane added to the atmosphere in the past decade also corresponds to studies that show fracking operations leak, vent, or flare between 2 and 6 percent of the gas produced, Howarth ...

Governments and U.S. states committed to climate action now need to persuade the oil industry to protect the world from ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Methane concentrations are rising rapidly, reaching 1,931 ppb in January 2024—over 2.5 times pre-industrial levels—and have accelerated in recent years.

More than 150 nations signed up to the global methane pledge at the UN climate summit, Cop26, in Glasgow. The pledge seeks to reduce emissions of anthropogenic methane by 30% on a 2020 baseline by ...

Oil and gas companies will be required to pay a first-ever nationwide fee for emitting methane, a potent greenhouse gas, under a new rule finalized Tuesday. Environmental Protection Agency ...

But researchers are also now considering removing another powerful greenhouse gas: atmospheric methane, or CH4. But no viable technology exists yet to do so at scale.

08/30/2024 August 30, 2024. It's short-lived but its planet-heating effects are much stronger than CO2. Where does methane come from, and what can we do to stop it from getting into the atmosphere?

Globally, methane emissions come largely from two main sources: animal agriculture and fossil fuel production.And the United States is a major contributor. Food & Water Watch’s recent research ...

The legislation should enter force in the next few months, but even afterwards there will be major uncertainties. This brief describes the methane regulation and discusses the significance for global ...

Methane emissions in the US are worse than scientists previously estimated, a new study has found. The study, published today in Nature, represents one of the most comprehensive surveys yet of ...