methane emissions
California’s effort to plug abandoned, chemical-spewing oil wells gets $35-million boost
Politics
California will receive more than $35 million in federal funding to help address the scourge of abandoned oil wells that are leaking ...
More climate-warming methane leaks into the atmosphere than ever gets reported – here’s how satellites can find the leaks and avoid wasting a valuable resource
Science
Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is being released from landfills and oil and gas operations around the world in far larger amounts ...
In Vietnam, farmers reduce methane emissions by changing how they grow rice
Science
LONG AN, Vietnam (AP) — There is one thing that distinguishes 60-year-old Vo Van Van’s rice fields from a mosaic of thousands ...
Heat-trapping carbon dioxide and methane levels in the air last year spiked to record highs again
Science
The levels of the crucial heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere reached historic highs last year, growing at near-record fast paces, according to ...
A potent planet-warming gas is seeping out of US landfills at rates higher than previously thought, scientists say
Science
Garbage piling up in landfills isn’t just an eyesore, it’s also a climate nightmare, belching out large amounts of planet-warming methane gas. ...
US energy industry methane emissions are triple what government thinks, study finds
Science
American oil and natural gas wells, pipelines and compressors are spewing three times the amount of the potent heat-trapping gas methane as ...
SpaceX rocket launches pioneering methane-tracking satellite to orbit
Science
A new satellite that will track climate-heating methane emissions from oil and gas companies around the world launched this week from California’s ...
SpaceX launches 76 satellites in back-to-back launches from both coasts
Science
Less than 24 hours after launching a crew of four on a flight to the International Space Station, SpaceX launched 53 commercial ...
Sweden’s climate pollution should have been down. The Nord Stream pipeline leak sent it skyrocketing
Science
The major gas leak from the sabotaged Nord Stream pipeline last year pushed Sweden’s annual plant-heating emissions up by 7%, the Swedish ...
Agriculture gets its day at COP28, but experts see big barriers to cutting emissions
Science
More than 100 world leaders at this year’s United Nations climate summit agreed to make their farm and food systems a key ...