methane
Obama Tells Oil and Gas Companies to Get a Grip on Methane Emissions
For the second Friday in a row, the White House says it's updating a 30-year-old rule coving the fossil fuel industry — And, for the second time in two weeks, environmentalists say it's a good start.
The Company Behind LA's Methane Disaster Knew Its Well Was Leaking 24 Years Ago
Documents show that the gas company that is currently spewing 100,000 pounds of methane into California’s air knew about leaks long before this one sprang.
Why Engineers Can’t Stop Los Angeles' Enormous Methane Leak
A river of harmful gas is spewing into the air around Los Angeles, and won’t be stopping any time soon.
This Gas Is Worse for the Climate Than Carbon Dioxide — And It's Leaking All Over the Place
Uncontrolled methane leaks in California and Texas highlight the uncertainty about the claim that natural gas is less damaging to the Earth's climate than coal.
A Tiny Canadian Satellite Is Going to Watch the World's Climate Offenders
Its creators say that four major operators from Canada's oil sands have already signed-up.
We Should Look for Orange Exoplanets Because That's What Earth Used to Look Like
A researcher has shown that the search for habitable planets should perhaps be broader.
Indonesia’s Fires Are Serious, so Why Isn’t Indonesia Taking Them Seriously?
Fires have now been burning across several islands since September, producing more greenhouse gases than the daily output of the United States.
Kangaroo Farts Are Unlocking Ways to Tackle Climate Change
Skippy may be the solution to Australia's reliance on gassy, environmentally destructive livestock.
Those Plumes of Methane Leaking Off the Coast of Washington Are Really Bad News for the Oceans
The methane contributes to ocean acidification, which is impacting the shellfish industry in the Pacific Northwest, but is probably not a big contributor to climate change — yet.
How Hydroelectric Power May Undermine Brazil's Pledge to Slash Greenhouse Gases
Experts say massive emissions from mega-dams are ignored in impressive targets Brazil announced ahead of Paris climate change talks
The Ten-Year Mission to Study All the Ways the Arctic Is Doomed
Climate change is wreaking havoc on the Arctic faster than anywhere else on earth, so NASA is leading the charge to find out how bad things really are.
Cow Farts and Belches Are Warming the Planet — but Scientists Think They've Got a Solution
Researchers have developed a diet supplement for cows that reduces by 30 percent the amount of methane — a potent greenhouse gas —that they produce.