Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, with an impact estimated at 80 times that of CO₂. Although efforts are being made to ...

Methane levels in Earth’s atmosphere surged faster than ever in the early 2020s, and scientists say the reason was a surprising mix of chemistry and climate. A temporary slowdown in the atmosphere’s ...

No one knows how long natural gas had been seeping out of a meter at the Greenville Downtown Airport in South Carolina. A satellite chartered by Duke Energy Corp., the power company for the airport, ...

Methane emissions from wetlands are rising faster than those from industrial sources, prompting concerns about a climate feedback loop.

For the first time, geologists from Tomsk Polytechnic University have studied how clay minerals in marine sediments change ...

As the world's economy rebounds from the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for oil and gas is set to increase — and so is the emission of methane, a potent greenhouse gas with 80 times the heat-trapping power ...

When Duke Energy unveiled its plans to meet North Carolina's aggressive carbon-cutting goals, attention quickly focused on the utility giant's plan to replace much of the energy produced by its ...

The EU faces a growing dilemma between net-zero ambitions and energy security, as rising LNG dependence and industrial strain ...

The amount and proportion of the powerful heat-trapping gas methane that humans spew into the atmosphere is rising, helping to turbocharge climate change, a new study finds. Tuesday’s study finds that ...

As tech giants find creative ways to generate electricity, they’re building a glut of new fossil fuel projects.

Washington — Oil and natural gas companies for the first time will have to pay a federal fee if they emit dangerous methane above certain levels under a rule being made final by the Biden ...

What would you rather have powering your stove: natural gas or methane? They’re basically the same thing, but according to early findings from research published on Tuesday by the Yale Program on ...