The world has more ways than ever to spot the invisible methane emissions responsible for a third of global warming so far. But according to a report released at the COP29 climate summit, methane ...

Greenhouse gas methane is behind a third of planetary heating and is relatively easy to slash. The tools to cut methane exist ...

STORY: Methane.It's rapidly rising levels in the atmosphere could threaten efforts to curb global warming by mid-century.:: ...

The world's warming tropical wetlands are releasing more methane than ever before, research shows — an alarming sign that the ...

Methane concentrations are rising faster than any other major greenhouse gas, with human activities driving at least two-thirds of global emissions, according to the 2024 Global Methane Budget.

Some methane comes from natural sources such as wetlands and volcanic gas. But the bulk of emissions are caused by human activity — agriculture, landfill waste and the fossil fuel industry.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a final rule that will implement the Waste Emissions Charge on ...

For the first time, oil and natural gas companies will have to pay a federal fee if their toxic methane emissions rise above ...

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, with 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide over a 20-year period. To date, methane emissions have driven about 0.5 degrees Celsius in global warming ...

The new fee is intended to encourage industry to adopt best practices that reduce emissions of methane - the primary component of natural gas - and thereby avoid paying. Methane is a climate ...

The new fee is intended to encourage industry to adopt best practices that reduce emissions of methane — the primary component of natural gas — and thereby avoid paying. Methane is a climate ...

President Biden's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a new rule Tuesday, taxing methane emissions from the oil and gas sector. The new tax was born out of Biden's sweeping climate ...