Methane Gas

A Google Street View Car with the methane detection system attached.

Despite detection technology, Colorado methane emissions remain high

Ashley Piccone

In Colorado, multiple efforts are underway to find and fix methane leaks, which could make a big difference when it comes to fighting climate change.

A natural gas drilling rig's lights shimmer in the evening light near Silt, Colo. Methane is the main component of natural gas, and studies show some methane escapes from leaky oil and gas operations.

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Trump Administration Rolls Back Obama-Era Restrictions On Methane Emissions

Jeff Brady

The Trump administration is ending Obama-era restrictions on emissions of methane, a potent climate-warming gas. Some oil and gas giants oppose the move, but smaller companies welcome it.

Oil And Gas

Project Seeks To Convert Dairy Farm Manure To Natural Gas

Associated Press

Harmful emissions from the agriculture sector are increasingly scrutinized as the climate changes. Now, energy companies want to help dairy farmers reduce鈥�

Large swaths of forest have been cut down in Brazil in recent decades to make room for farming. Deforestation contributes to global warming, and reversing it will be necessary to avoid catastrophic climate change.

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To Slow Global Warming, U.N. Warns Agriculture Must Change

Rebecca Hersher

The way we produce food and manage land must change radically if humans hope to avoid catastrophic global temperature rise, according to a new report by the United Nations panel on climate change.

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U.S. Lawmakers Challenge Rollback Of Obama-Era Methane Rule

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More than 50 U.S. lawmakers are supporting a legal challenge against the Trump administration's effort to roll back a rule that forced oil and gas鈥�

Some cottonwood trees are home to microorganisms that are known methane producers.

Getting Fire From A Tree Without Burning The Wood

Joe Palca

Cottonwood trees can harbor microorganisms that have a special (and flammable) characteristic.

Methane In Atmosphere Is On The Rise. Scientists Say We Need To Cut Emissions.

Ali Budner

Global methane in the atmosphere is on the rise again after a period of leveling off, but scientists tracking this phenomenon at the National Oceanic...

Dave Bishop drives around PrairiErth Farm on his Gator, often with dog Molly behind or hopping on for a ride.

Meating In The Middle: The Challenge of Lowering Greenhouse Gas Emissions On Farms

Madelyn Beck

Cow guts are quite the factory. Grass goes in, microbes help break it down and make hydrogen, then other microbes start converting it to another gas. In...

President Obama is calling for more oil and gas drilling in the West, but the industry says his policies have conflicted that.

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Dozens At Colorado Hearing Plead With Trump Administration To Keep Air Rules

Associated Press

Dozens of people who live near oil and gas wells pleaded with the Trump administration Wednesday not to roll back rules for methane pollution, while鈥�

Oil And Gas

How Scientists Are Using Lasers To Hunt For Leaky Oil And Gas Equipment

Rae Ellen Bichell

Wyoming and Colorado are in the top ten natural gas producing states. But in those states 鈥� and across the country 鈥� a lot of that gas is escaping鈥�