The findings are important because methane is over 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas. Arctic lakes are already major natural methane sources globally, but the processes ...

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. In the United States, the problem could be much worse ...

The oil and gas industry may be emitting about three-times the amount of climate-warming methane than government estimates show, according to a new study in Nature. Methane is the main component of ...

The Trump administration is decreasing the attention federal regulators pay to pipeline leaks. But leaks from natural gas pipelines don't just waste energy and warm the planet—they can also make the ...

Carbon dioxide isn't the only culprit responsible for global warming. The U.S. is emitting more methane from oil and gas production than previously thought – and it's causing billions of dollars in ...

This story was originally published on Food Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Food Dive newsletter. Nestlé is leaving an alliance founded two years ago aimed at ...

Newly published research from PSE Healthy Energy, a US-based nonprofit research organization, highlights the hidden dangers of methane leaks, an often overlooked but serious threat to both the climate ...

Methane is awful for the environment: it's the second most abundant greenhouse gas in the air after carbon dioxide, and is about 28 times as powerful as CO2 in terms of trapping heat in the atmosphere ...

The oil industry has long leaked methane into the atmosphere, contributing to the greenhouse gasses that are warming the planet. Now, new federal rules aim to dramatically reduce that pollution in the ...