Vehicle engines spew lots of methane, and excess methane is burned up in flares that are a common sight above refineries, methane storage facilities and coal mines the world over. Unfortunately, that ...

Governments in Canada's major oil and gas producing provinces, Alberta and Saskatchewan, have touted their efforts in recent years to reduce methane emissions. Methane is a greenhouse gas released ...

Methane emissions from the New York City metropolitan area are largely driven by natural gas use, according to a new study published today in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics by researchers at the ...

Flaring – the practice of burning natural gas that escapes from oil and gas wells to reduce methane emissions – is much less effective than previously thought, according to a new study by Genevieve ...

Trash piles atop the South Kent County Landfill in Byron, Michigan. The landfill opened in 1986 and will be at capacity in around 5 years. (Photo by Nick Hagen / Planet Detroit) This is your first of ...

The state’s regulations include phased equipment upgrades, leak detection, and broader coverage of storage tanks and ...

A common practice in the oil industry called flaring is believed to cut down on methane emissions by burning waste or excess gas in the process of extracting or processing oil. But flaring may not be ...

A commercial Chinese firm named LandSpace launched its Zhuque-2 rocket late Tuesday and made history as the first company to send a methane-fueled launcher into orbit, beating a bevy of US vehicles to ...

A year ago, BP PLC announced it was taking steps to reduce emissions of climate-warming methane from its operations and set a clear target for those leaks. Yesterday, the company said it has already ...

Natural gas stoves release methane -- a potent greenhouse gas -- and other pollutants through leaks and incomplete combustion. Researchers estimate that methane leaking from stoves inside U.S. homes ...

Governments in Canada’s major oil and gas producing provinces, Alberta and Saskatchewan, have touted their efforts in recent years to reduce methane emissions. Methane is a greenhouse gas released ...