BENGALURU, India — Abinaya Tamilarasu said her four cows are part of the family. She has a degree in commerce from a local college, but prefers being home milking cows and tending to her family’s land. “Our family cannot let farming go, it’s a way of life for us,” said the 28-year-old, who lives on … Read more
Earlier this week, a new satellite launched to track methane as it emanates from oil and gas fields across the world, hoping to expose major producers of the greenhouse pollutant and hold them accountable for their commitment to lower emissions. Prime Day Ain’t That ‘Green’ MethaneSAT launched on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on … Read more
The finding suggests that far more fire ice is vulnerable to climate-induced melt than scientists realized, and it could be a significant source of planet-warming gas in the future. “It’s a very, very, very large source of carbon,” says Davies. “What we’re showing is there are routes for that carbon to be released that we … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave To get a sense of the scale and severity of China’s addiction to coal, look no further than the scores of deep industrial mines and uncounted smaller pits dotted across the country’s north-central region, churning out more of the black rock than the rest of the world … Read more
(BRUSSELS) — European Union negotiators reached a deal on Wednesday to reduce highly polluting methane gas emissions from the energy sector across the 27-nation bloc. According to experts, one of the biggest causes of climate change is methane gas emissions — second only to carbon dioxide. The gas also causes serious health problems. Most emissions … Read more
Methane belched from livestock operations, effervescent from rice paddies, and seeping from landfills, coal mines, and leaking pipelines is about 25 occasions as highly effective as carbon dioxide at trapping warmth within the Earth’s ambiance. The world urgently wants to start to attract down these emissions in an effort to restrict the worst results of … Read more