Methane emissions

Canada
Canada, Nigeria Target Oil and Gas Methane Emissions With New Laws
Oil and gas producers Canada and Nigeria have become the latest countries to tackle the potent greenhouse gas methane with laws to rein in emissions in the foss…
UN Launches Satellite System to Track Methane Emissions
The United Nations is launching a satellite-based system to detect and track global methane emissions as part of efforts to reduce emissions of methane.
Carbon Emissions
U.S. and EU to Crack down on Fossil Fuel Sector’s Methane Emissions
The United States and the European Union will unveil an agreement targeting methane emissions within the fossil fuel industry.
Net Zero Emission
MIT Amps up Research to Reduce Methane Emissions by 2030
One of the most notable climate change provisions in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act is the first U.S. federal tax on a greenhouse gas (GHG).
Net Zero Emission
Australia Signs up to Global Pledge to Cut Methane Emissions by 30%
Australia's climate change minister Chris Bowen on Sunday said the government has joined the Global Methane Pledge as part of multilateral efforts to reduce glo…
Joe Biden
Biden Vows to Slash Methane Emissions
Fees of up to $1,500 will be imposed per metric tonne of methane emitted in 2026.
Carbon Emissions
Why Methane is a Large and Underestimated Threat to Climate Goals
A sudden surge in methane emissions is threatening to undermine international efforts to halt planetary warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Carbon Neutral
Shell Cuts Scope 1, 2 and Methane Emissions
Oil giant Shell's first Energy Transition Report shows progress reducing emissions though net carbon intensity falls only slightly in five years.
Carbon Emissions
Methane Emissions Surged by a Record Amount in 2021, NOAA Says
Global methane emissions jumped by a record amount in 2021, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.
Coal Production
New Coal Mine Projects Seen Swelling Global Methane Emissions by a Fifth
Global methane emissions from the extraction of coal could rise by as much as 21.6% if all new mining projects now under development go into operation
Carbon Emissions
Energy Sector Methane Emissions 70% Higher than Official Figures -IEA
Emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane coming from the global energy sector are 70% higher than officially reported, the International Energy Agency (IE…
Coal Mine
Glencore Coal Mine in Spotlight as Methane Hotspot Emerges
Satellite data showing methane emissions near a Glencore Plc coal mine in Australia is putting pressure on one of the world’s largest commodity trading houses …
EU, UNEP Launch International Methane Emissions Observatory
At the G20 Summit, on the eve of the COP26 UN climate conference in Glasgow, the UN Environment Programme with support from the European Union launched on Octob…
South Korea
South Korea Joins Global Methane Pledge
South Korea is committed to lowering methane emissions by 30pc by 2030 from 2020 levels as it joins the "global methane pledge," President Moon Jae-in said at t…
Oil Field
B.C. Fracking Fields Emit 1.6 to 2.2 Times More Methane than Federal Estimates
Methane emissions from British Columbia oil and gas fields are 1.6 to 2.2 times higher than the federal government is estimating, according to yet another study…

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Methane emissions

Canada, Nigeria Target Oil and Gas Methane Emissions With New Laws

UN Launches Satellite System to Track Methane Emissions

U.S. and EU to Crack down on Fossil Fuel Sector’s Methane Emissions

MIT Amps up Research to Reduce Methane Emissions by 2030

Australia Signs up to Global Pledge to Cut Methane Emissions by 30%

Biden Vows to Slash Methane Emissions

Why Methane is a Large and Underestimated Threat to Climate Goals

Shell Cuts Scope 1, 2 and Methane Emissions

Methane Emissions Surged by a Record Amount in 2021, NOAA Says

New Coal Mine Projects Seen Swelling Global Methane Emissions by a Fifth

Energy Sector Methane Emissions 70% Higher than Official Figures -IEA

Glencore Coal Mine in Spotlight as Methane Hotspot Emerges

EU, UNEP Launch International Methane Emissions Observatory

South Korea Joins Global Methane Pledge

B.C. Fracking Fields Emit 1.6 to 2.2 Times More Methane than Federal Estimates