The federal government’s pause on new loans for anaerobic digesters, the controversial method of converting animal manure from large-scale feeding operations into biogas, will now extend through the end of the year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture explained the move in financial terms, saying digester projects had “significant delinquency rates and realized losses.” Digesters are […]
A group of the world’s leading climate scientists are warning governments and the livestock industry against adopting an “accounting trick” that will imperil the all-out global effort required to control heat-trapping emissions. In the statement, 42 scientists call on the government of Ireland, a major dairy producer, to reject a proposal that would allow it […]
The case for attacking livestock methane is nonexistent, and the cost is enormous. Policymakers must start paying attention to real science and common sense.
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Phoenix, AZ — Today, organizations including Sierra Club Grand Canyon Chapter, Chispa Arizona, and Solar United Neighbors, expressed disappointment in Governor Katie Hobbs’s announcement of her support for the Desert Southwest Pipeline, a methane gas pipeline that will stretch over 500 miles through three states — Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona — ... [continued]
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Volcanoes are messy things, what with all that ash, water vapor, sulfur, and greenhouse gases polluting the atmosphere.
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They want to push what farmers remain to go all-organic, which ironically means they will need more land to produce anywhere near the same output because yields will fall, resulting in higher overall emissions.
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Scientists have discovered that urban sewers may be a surprisingly significant source of methane emissions. Methane ranks behind carbon dioxide as the world’s second most important greenhouse gas. The Climate and Clean Air Coalition estimates that human-caused methane emissions are responsible for nearly 45% of current net warming, making methane a major driver of climate [...]
Warming oceans could unlock a hidden methane boost that speeds up climate change. The oceans may be contributing to climate change in a subtle but important way that scientists are only starting to recognize. Hidden Source of Ocean Methane A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences sheds light [...]
Rice farming has long been a significant source of methane emissions, a potent greenhouse gas formed when organic matter decomposes in flooded, oxygen-deprived soils. Traditional rice paddies create exactly these conditions, making the crop one of the largest agricultural contributors to methane globally. While its total share of global emissions ... [continued]
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People often muse over catching lightning in a bottle, and what an amazing feat it would be. But have you ever wondered what comes next if we do it? Well, researchers at Northwestern University have bottled lightning and are using it for something just as remarkable: clean fuel. Their technology uses plasma in glass tubes to produce methanol from methane gas, a process that typically requires…
Thawing permafrost may release greenhouse gases much faster than previously expected, potentially accelerating climate change even further. Experiments conducted by researchers at the University of Leeds, and published in the AGU journal Earth’s Future, show that when permafrost thaws, it becomes 25 to 100 times more permeable. This change allows significantly greater amounts of climate-forcing…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, the EPA finalized its first reconsideration of the 2024 methane rule, an action that will increase gas flaring at oil wells and increase climate and air pollution. Finalized by the EPA in December 2023 following a robust comment period, the methane pollution standards represented a major win for climate and ... [continued]
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Alberta and Ottawa have forged an agreement-in-principle to place the province in charge of regulating methane emissions, a move aimed at eliminating regulatory overlap and cutting costs for the energy sector. Final rules are expected by the end of 2026. The deal, part of a broader energy policy accord signed in November 2025, sets a […]
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U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) launched an investigation into the discrepancy between reported and observed methane pollution from the Permian Basin—the largest-producing oil field in the United States and one of the largest in the world. The investigation, announced Wednesday, follows a recent report by MethaneSAT, a short-lived methane-sensing satellite launched by the Environmental…
TURKEY, N.C.—The Align RNG biogas processing facility here is so small, you would miss it if you weren’t looking for it. Just four small silver mounds beside a massive 100-foot grain silo under which trucks drive day-in, day-out loading up with hog feed. In a landscape dominated by the infrastructure of hog and poultry farming—slaughterhouses, […]
MethaneSAT, the world’s most advanced methane-detecting satellite and first spacecraft owned by an environmental non-profit, promised to usher in a new era of climate accountability when the device entered Earth’s orbit in 2024.
MethaneSAT, the world’s most advanced methane-detecting satellite and first spacecraft owned by an environmental nonprofit, promised to usher in a new era of climate accountability when the device entered Earth’s orbit in 2024. One year later, researchers with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) lost contact with the $88 million satellite, but not before downloading a […]
After years of relying on voluntary grant and incentive programs to bring down a potent climate pollutant from dairy and livestock operations, California is looking into developing a rule to require reductions directly. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) put out a request for feedback last week as it seeks to meet the requirements of […]
While cattle do belch methane, it is actually part of an important natural cycle, known as the biogenic carbon cycle.
Atmospheric methane rose faster than ever in the early 2020s, driven less by fossil fuels and more by changes in nature itself. Methane levels in Earth’s atmosphere climbed at an unprecedented pace in the early 2020s due to a mix of weaker natural removal and rising emissions from warming wetlands, rivers, lakes, and agricultural land. [...]