Tracking methane emissions accurately is crucial for shaping environmental policies and regulations. This colourless and odourless gas, which is the main component of natural gas and a potent ...

China published its long-awaited plan to tackle climate-warming methane on Tuesday, but included no firm targets for reducing those emissions - only goals for re-using them as fuel.

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.

But the natural gas production and distribution system leaks methane from beginning to end, a problem producers say they are working to address through an industry-sponsored program. "The U.S ...

Average methane emission rates from landfills were 1.4 times higher than those being reported to the GHGRP, the report found. Garbage being moved at the King County Cedar Hills Regional Landfill ...

Livestock account for 12% of global greenhouse gas emissions, with the largest portion coming from methane that cattle release when they burp. Grazing cattle also produce more methane than feedlot ...

Emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane remain "far too high" according to a report released Wednesday by the International Energy Agency (IEA), even though technology exists to control ...

Methane emissions from oil and gas production, as well as from livestock, have come under increasing scrutiny in recent years.Like carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas that’s warming the ...

Methane traps about 28 times the heat per molecule as carbon dioxide but lasts a decade or so in the atmosphere instead of centuries or thousands of years like carbon dioxide, according to the U.S ...

A prototype vaccine from ArkeaBio, a US start-up, cut methane emissions by 13 per cent in a first trial involving 10 cows, offering a potential way to reduce the huge climate impact of cattle farming ...

A private Chinese company launched into orbit the world's first methane-liquid oxygen rocket, beating US rivals in sending what could become the next generation of launch vehicles into space.