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What is methane?

It's short-lived but its planet-heating effects are much stronger than CO2. But a new report says action on cutting methane is too slow. Where does it come from, and what can we do to stop it ...
Methane is a greenhouse gas that pollutes the atmosphere. It has an atmospheric lifetime of about 12 years. This gas has a big impact on heating up the planet. Per unit of mass, methane can warm up ...
"What If We Never Run Out of Oil?," Charles C. Mann's May 2013 Atlantic cover story, weighs the potential impact of a vast, untapped reserve of natural energy under the sea: methane hydrate. What is ...
This oil well in eastern Licking County is one of tens of thousands oil and gas wells across Ohio. Methane regulations from the U.S. EPA went into effect this month. They’re meant to limit the amount ...
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. This story was originally published by Bulletin of Atomic Scientists and appears here ...
By Elizabeth Devitt They’ve been called “bubble chasers,” and “seep seekers,” though they sometimes call themselves “flare ...
In this episode of Tax Notes Talk, Tax Notes contributing editor Nana Ama Sarfo discusses methane-related tax policy and how it might lead to future taxation of greenhouse gas emissions. Tax Notes ...
At COP28 on Saturday, 50 oil and gas companies — including industry giants ExxonMobil, Shell and BP — pledged to reduce methane emissions to “near zero” by 2030. At the same time, the Biden ...
Have you heard about the miracle quick-fix for our climate ills? The greenhouse gas methane is responsible for roughly 30 percent of the increase in global temperature since the industrial revolution ...
Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Biden administration to continue enforcing, for the time being, a new rule that aims to curb emissions of the greenhouse gas methane from new and ...
Methane isn’t just an environmental buzzword — it is energy lost. Every puff of gas from a cow’s rumen represents feed energy ...
The project, anticipated to be a partnership between WM, City of Denver and Arapahoe County, still needs to go through ...