President Joe Biden announced increased investments in countries and projects related to climate change in an effort to adhere to global climate targets, while declaring steps to limit methane emissions within the country in remarks given at the 27th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27). “Today as a […]
WARSAW, Poland—The death toll from accidents in recent days at two coal mines in southern Poland has increased to nine after four miners were brought to the surface and pronounced dead, authorities said Sunday. The miners were among 10 missing since an underground tremor and methane gas discharge at the Borynia-Zofiowka mine early Saturday. Six […]
Congressional Democrats are aiming to impose a new fee on methane emissions. It’s in the House-passed Build Back Better bill and could be passed through the Senate as early as December. Proponents say this fee will help clean up pollution, and rake in revenue to pay for other climate projects. But critics say it would […]
The Biden administration is set to announce a new ambitious plan that will reduce the world’s global methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030, starting with oil and gas wells. The new U.S. Methane Emissions Reduction Action Plan will utilize “commonsense regulations, catalytic financial incentives, transparency and disclosure of actionable data, and public and private partnerships” to identify […]
The United States and the European Union on Tuesday announced at COP26 that about 100 nations have joined their Global Methane Pledge. They have committed themselves to cut emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane as part of efforts to contain global warming. Analysts say fixing leaky oil and gas infrastructure is the fastest and cheapest way to curb […]
Energy and travel costs could be about to go up even more. Oil and gas companies are set to pay millions more in compliance costs, as Congress tightens rules over methane gas emissions. It’s a reversal from the Trump administration’s actions.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed loosening regulations on methane leaks in the oil and gas industry. The new rules would save the industry hundreds of millions with only a marginal increase in greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants. The change would give more breathing room to the hydraulic fracking industry, which has dominated […]
DAVIS, California—University of California researchers are feeding seaweed to dairy cows in an attempt to reduce the cattle’s effect on climate change. UC Davis is studying whether adding small amounts of seaweed to cattle feed can help reduce their emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas that’s released when cattle burp, pass gas or make manure. […]
WASHINGTON (AP)—The Trump administration will enforce an Obama-era regulation aimed at restricting harmful methane emissions from oil and gas production, even as it seeks to rewrite the rule to be more industry-friendly, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said Tuesday. Zinke told the Senate Energy Committee that Interior will enforce those parts of the methane regulation that […]
German firm Electrochaea built a factory in Copenhagen, Denmark, where microbes convert electricity into natural gas. Electricity is used to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen is combined with carbon dioxide (CO2) to make methane. The methane can be stored, or sent to gas users through existing pipe systems. Electricity is easy to […]
