LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Methane release may seal our fate By John Macdonald, Las Vegas. Sunday, July 16, 2023 | 2 a.m.

TRINIDAD - The days when coal was king in the Raton Basin may be gone but today, Las Animas and Huerfano counties are cooking with gas. There was little doubt from all the facts and figures pr… ...

The amount of methane added to the atmosphere in the past decade also corresponds to studies that show fracking operations leak, vent, or flare between 2 and 6 percent of the gas produced, Howarth ...

Emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane remain "far too high" according to a report released Wednesday by the International Energy Agency (IEA), even though technology exists to control ...

Methane from fossil fuels, on the other hand, is heavier, with more C13 atoms. As the amount of methane has risen in the atmosphere over the past 15 years, it’s also gotten lighter and lighter.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Methane concentrations are rising rapidly, reaching 1,931 ppb in January 2024—over 2.5 times pre-industrial levels—and have accelerated in recent years.

The Biden administration issued a new fee on climate-warming methane pollution, but the EPA regulation faces an uncertain future under President-elect Trump ...

Belching – not flatulence – is the major cause of methane produced by the world’s cows and a Seattle-based company has just won $1.5 million to test a product to make cows burp less. Both ...

Methane is a simple gas, a single carbon atom with four arms of hydrogen atoms. Its time in the atmosphere is relatively fleeting compared to other greenhouse gases like CO 2 —any given methane ...

Las Dehesas plant, part of the Valdemingomez landfill, is pictured on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain, 2021. AP Photo/Manu Fernandez This isn’t the first time that Madrid’s methane-emitting ...

As outlined by the EPA, excess methane produced in 2024 could result in a fee of $900 per ton, with fees rising to $1,200 per ton in 2025 and $1,500 per ton by 2026.

Methane is emitted in smaller amounts but is 34 times more potent, so reducing its levels remains a priority. Excess methane from industrial processes is often burned off, but that produces CO2.