Methane

A new facility at the Ada County Landfill will soon be processing methane emissions from our trash into natural gas for commercial use.

Methane is a strong climate-warming pollutant. And a new study shows oil and gas operations in the Mountain West and beyond are leaking a lot more of it than the government thinks.

Organic materials in landfills is a major contributor to methane emissions, but keeping things like grass clippings, apple cores or paper products out of the regular waste stream is a win for reducing greenhouse gases.

A new study shows that toxic chemicals are leaking from oil and gas wells that aren’t even operating, raising concerns about the millions of abandoned wells scattered across the country.

Animal agriculture produces more methane – a powerful greenhouse gas – than any other human activity in the U.S. Climate experts say we need to cut greenhouse gas emissions dramatically before 2030. But when it comes to emissions from the livestock sector, the science is still emerging, and it’s not yet clear if the cuts will come in time—or how.

As methane emissions from the oil and gas sector increase worldwide, a new report shows that existing technologies could make big emissions reductions at a cost that's a drop in the bucket for Big Oil.

This new rule aims to limit leaking, flaring and venting of the potent greenhouse gas, while wringing more in royalties from the companies extracting natural gas.

Methane is 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere. That’s why the Biden Administration is working with 24 states to identify 10,000 high-priority wells to plug as soon as possible, usually by pumping cement into the leaking area.

The UN Climate Conference, also called COP 26, is underway in Glasgow, Scotland. The global discussion around climate change may affect Mountain West energy sources and trade in the long term.

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