Cleaner air's impact requires a steeper reduction in human-emitted methane to meet global targets. A new study reveals that ...

But another huge concern is methane, which is more than 28 times as potent as CO2 at trapping heat in the atmosphere. The primary component of natural gas, methane is responsible for ...

Every day in oil and gas fields, companies lose gas to leaks and other issues—product they make no money from while venting a ...

Low-emitting oil and natural gas facilities make up an outsize chunk of the sector’s methane footprint in the United States ...

Landfills are responsible for more than 14% of human-caused methane emissions. Owners and energy companies are using technology to turn methane into renewable natural gas.

Reps. August Pfluger (R-Texas) and Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) at the Capitol in December. They are leading an effort to strike ...

Methane-based natural gas is a cleaner, more cost-effective option through Greenville Utilities’ natural gas fueling station.

but also coal mining areas or large oil and gas fields." Wetlands are the most important natural sources of methane as microbes found in wetland soil emit high levels of the gas. The two natural ...

Methanol is metabolized into the natural gas methane by many microbes living under Earth’s surface, but its source has been unclear. It emerges that some bacteria convert formate molecules into ...

Reducing sulphur in the air may inadvertently increase natural emissions of methane from wetlands such as peatlands and swamps, a new study has found. The resulting additional future release of 20-34 ...