Methane

As the world's oil and gas giants face increasing pressure to reduce their fossil fuel emissions, small, private drilling companies become the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the country, often by buying up the industry's polluting…

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (L) and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) attend a press conference on the Senate vote on methane regulation outside of the U.S. Capitol on April 28, 2021 in Washington. DC.Sarah Silbiger |…

Both the scientific understanding of the role methane plays in climate change and the position of the oil and gas industry have changed since Obama's administration first tried to regulate methane pollution. Scientists now see that gas is…

In 2018, the world's largest oil and gas companies committed to reducing the proportion of methane released from their operations by a fifth to less than a quarter of the gas they sell by 2025 - a goal that the companies claim last year…

What could be more exciting than flying over the deserts of Mars in a helicopter? How about playing Captain Nemo on Saturn's tall, misty moon Titan - plumbing the depths of a methane ocean, dodging hydrocarbon icebergs, and exploring an…