Bursts of plasma can convert methane into methanol without high heat and high pressures, according to new research. This finding could help to combat one of the adverse effects of climate change since ...

There's no sign that methane emissions are declining globally. With scientists warning of dangerous feedback loops, where global warming triggers large stores of methane to be released from underneath ...

Surging methane emissions put our ability to meet Paris agreement climate targets in jeopardy. But a timely new book presents the scientific, policy and technological challenges and solutions for ...

Canada and Alberta used to be global leaders in cutting emissions of methane, which is a greenhouse gas 80 times more potent at trapping heat than carbon dioxide and is responsible for a third of all ...

A single cow raised for meat produces between 154 and 264 pounds of methane per year, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, meaning 333,000 beef cattle in Illinois last year could ...

Your local wetland could send hundreds of tons of planet-warming methane into the atmosphere every year. Or virtually none. Kristen Goodhue Your local wetland could be sending over 500 metric tons of ...

Methane isn’t just an environmental buzzword—it is energy lost. Every puff of gas from a cow’s rumen represents feed energy that could have gone toward growth, milk or a calf. That simple truth is ...

Countries and corporations like pledging to reduce methane—in part because reducing methane emissions seems like low-hanging fruit: You can cut a lot just by reducing leaks and excess flaring from ...

While there are many different points of view in the climate world, most agree that carbon emissions are a key contributor to climate change. Where the disagreements occur is when the conversation ...

There are ways that we can reduce methane in the agriculture and livestock sectors. And so I'm all game to help make cows part of the solution." To significantly reduce the impacts of methane, the ...