New York Leads in Controlling Heat-Trapping Methane. That Could Change.

An overhaul of the state’s 2019 climate law proposed by Gov. Kathy Hochul would alter how the potent greenhouse gas is measured.
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Astronomers just found a Saturn-size planet with Earth-like temperatures 330 light-years away — a rare 'temperate' giant wrapped in a thick atmosphere of methane

A gas giant about the size of Saturn, orbiting a Sun-like star roughly 330 light-years from Earth, has become the first ...
Earth.com

Scientists design a new reactor that turns renewable electricity into a storable fuel

Scientists have created a reactor capable of converting carbon dioxide into storable methane fuel using microbes and renewable energy.
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Federal regulators just finalized a rule cracking down on methane leaking from oil and gas wells — targeting the potent gas driving the fastest near-term warming

Somewhere in the Permian Basin right now, a valve is leaking methane into the open air. Under rules that governed the oil and ...

JWST finds methane in the atmosphere of a rare temperate Saturn-sized planet

TOI-199 b, a rare temperate giant planet, sits between scorching hot Jupiters and frozen gas giants, and JWST has found ...

Is Landfill Methane Or Car CO2 Worse For Climate Change?

Environmental agencies have been raising a lot of fuss about CO2 emissions from cars and transportation, but is it actually ...
UN Environment ProgrammeOpinion

I’ve spent the last five years tracking methane releases. Here’s why.

The world has long lacked the data it needs to reduce emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. But that is changing.

Scientists Discover Hidden Methane Source Beneath Every Major City

The researchers estimate that sewer systems release 1.18 to 1.95 million tons of methane worldwide each year. The finding suggests that wastewater management contributes more to greenhouse gas ...

Saturn-sized exoplanet with Earth-like temperature reveals methane-rich atmosphere

A planet that is about the size of Saturn, but with a temperature more like Earth's, has an atmosphere rich in methane, ...

Methane fingerprints sharpen global emissions map, pointing to China, India and Central Africa

Atmospheric methane levels have surged to record highs in recent years and are projected to increase by as much as 13% by ...
MIT Technology Review

Pulling methane out of the atmosphere could slow global warming—if we can figure out how to do it

Methane removal technology is unproven and would need to scale up quickly to prevent the worst impacts of climate change. Pulling methane out of the atmosphere has the potential to help slow global ...