By Matthew Daly
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON>> The Biden administration issued a final rule Wednesday aimed at curbing methane leaks from oil and gas drilling on federal and tribal lands, its latest action to crack down on emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes sig...
By Maggie Astor
© The New York Times Co.
Startlingly large amounts of methane are leaking from wells and pipelines in New Mexico, according to a new analysis of aerial data, suggesting that the oil and gas industry may be contributing more to climate change than previously was know...
Facing a deadline, panel considers tougher rules on oil, gas operations
By Judith Kohler
The Denver Post
For about five years, Von Bortz and Amy Smith have lived in rural Larimer County on property where they run a sanctuary for farm animals. The location is good: It’s close to Fort Collins and C...
By Matthew Daly
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON » The Biden administration on Tuesday launched a wide-ranging plan to reduce methane emissions, targeting a potent greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to global warming and packs a stronger short-term punch than even carbon dioxide.
The pl...
By Liam Denning
Bloomberg Opinion
Charif Souki, who founded the biggest U.S. natural gas-export firm and now chairs another called Tellurian Inc., isn’t known for mincing words. And he didn’t disappoint when tackling the issue of methane emissions at a recent event hosted by the Center for Strateg...
By Liam Denning
Bloomberg Opinion
Charif Souki, who founded the biggest U.S. natural gas-export firm and now chairs another called Tellurian Inc., isn’t known for mincing words. And he didn’t disappoint when tackling the issue of methane emissions at a recent event hosted...
By Ellen Knickmeyer and Matthew Daly
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON » President Joe Biden tried on Friday to hammer out the world’s next steps against rapidly worsening climate change with a small group of other global leaders and announced a new U.S.-European pledge to cut climate-wrecki...
By Tim Lydon
Writers on the Range
New Mexico, the third-ranking U.S. oil producer, has moved to curtail methane pollution from the oil and gas industry, moving it closer to neighboring Colorado’s leadership. Methane is a dangerous greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change and also ...
By Coral Davenport
© The New York Times Co.
WASHINGTON » The Senate voted Wednesday to effectively reinstate an Obama-era regulation designed to clamp down on emissions of methane — a powerful, climate- warming pollutant that will have to be controlled to meet President J...
By Naureen S Malik
February 12, 2021, 3:00 AM MST, Bloomberg Green
Equipment and software operated by GHGSat picked up eight simultaneous plumes
Methane leaks from at least eight natural gas pipelines and unlit flares in central Turkmenistan earlier this month released as much as 10,000 kil...
By Brad Plumer
© The New York Times Co.
America’s greenhouse gas emissions from energy and industry plummeted more than 10% in 2020, reaching their lowest levels in at least three decades as the coronavirus pandemic slammed the brakes on the nation’s economy, according to an estimate published Tue...
Shared from the 10/5/2020 The Denver Post eEdition By The Associated Press
CARLSBAD, N.M.» Leading oil companies in the Permian Basin are working with a Colorado-based nonprofit environmental organization to better track emissions from the industry as it tries to curb pollution.
Shell Energy,...
How Methane Gas Causes Climate Change and What To Do About It
by Katrina Cosolo | Apr 16, 2018 | Climate Change Causes, Climate Change Impact, Weather
According to NASA, climate change is extensively caused by greenhouse gases which block the heat in the Ear...
By Hiroko Tabuchi, © The New York Times Co., from The Denver Post eEdition, July 17, 2020
The day debt-ridden Texas oil producer MDC Energy filed for bankruptcy eight months ago, a tank at one of its wells was furiously leaking methane, a potent greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere. As of last week,...
After a drastic decline this spring, global greenhouse gas emissions are now rebounding sharply, scientists reported, as countries relax their coronavirus lockdowns and traffic surges back onto roads. It’s a stark reminder that, even as the pandemic rages, the world is still far from getting g...
Shared from the 3/11/2020 The Denver Post eEdition By Mark Buchanan Bloomberg Opinion
The biggest cause of global warming is all the carbon dioxide we have expelled into the atmosphere since the beginning of industrial times.
The greenhouse gas traps heat in the atmosphere, raising temperatur...
