Five years after Google abandoned its Loon internet connectivity project, companies developing high-altitude platform stations claim the tech is primed for action. So will it finally bring the whole ...

Pennsylvania is developing new guidelines to implement federal standards for reducing methane emissions from the natural gas industry. Proponents argue these standards will make Pennsylvania's gas ...

A report found methane emissions in the Permian Basin to be nearly four times higher than EPA estimates. A senator wants an explanation. Reading time 3 minutes Fossil fuel extraction is a known source ...

Six years ago, as countries around the world went into COVID lockdowns, the air got cleaner. Factories slowed down, roads emptied and aeroplanes were grounded. As people stayed home, the world burned ...

Scientists have unveiled a breakthrough way to turn natural gas—long burned as fuel—into valuable chemical building blocks for medicines and other high-demand products. By designing a clever ...

To say that methane is a food industry problem is putting it lightly. It’s been found that the 45 largest meat and dairy companies emit more methane than all 27 EU nations and the UK combined. As a ...

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

Wetlands like South Sudan's Sudd swamp saw more rainfall in 2020 due to the La Niña climate event, which caused more methane to enter the atmosphere. Inna67895 via Wikimedia Commons As the world ...

In the spring of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic brought global industry and travel nearly to a halt, satellite sensors recorded a dramatic plunge in nitrogen dioxide, a byproduct of internal ...

After years of relying on voluntary grant and incentive programs to bring down a potent climate pollutant from dairy and livestock operations, California is looking into developing a rule to require ...

A combination of weakened atmospheric removal and increased emissions from warming wetlands, rivers, lakes, and agricultural land increased atmospheric methane at an unprecedented rate in the early ...

A drop in pollution during the covid lockdowns changed the chemistry of the atmosphere, driving a surge in methane levels that has concerning implications for future global warming. Methane lasts only ...