High US Methane Levels Found in Cross-Country Drive
Ah, summertime — the perfect excuse to set up a gas chromatograph in a rented camper and drive across the country sampling methane. Full story
Project aims to track big city carbon footprints
Every time Los Angeles exhales, odd-looking gadgets anchored in the mountains above the city trace the invisible puffs of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases that waft skyward. Full story
Unique Animals Found at East Coast Methane Seep
While surveying the seafloor last fall, a research vessel spotted bubbles rising from the depths. Full story
State: Drilling didn't foul northeast Pa. wells
Gas drilling isn't to blame for a high-profile case of methane contamination in northeastern Pennsylvania, state environmental regulators declared Monday, but a homeowner with fouled water vowed to press on and said she doesn't trust the agency. Full story
EPA methane report further divides fracking camps
The Environmental Protection Agency has dramatically lowered its estimate of how much of a potent heat-trapping gas leaks during natural gas production, in a shift with major implications for a debate that has divided environmentalists: Does the recent boom in fracking help or hurt the fight against Full story
Up to 18 miners killed in Russia blast
An underground methane gas explosion killed up to 18 miners at a coal pit in northern Russia. NBCNews.com's Gabe Gutierrez reports.
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