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methane

[meth-ayn, mee-thayn] / ˈmɛθ eɪn, ˈmi θeɪn /
NOUN
marsh gas
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Companies anticipated the rules and took steps to reduce emissions, preventing millions of tons of methane from leaking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

The United States is the world's leading emitter of methane from its oil and gas sector, followed by Russia, according to the International Energy Agency.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

The Environmental Defense Fund, an environmental nonprofit, said rolling back the regulations would increase methane pollution and pose health risks to communities near oil-and-gas operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Elon Musk's company will use 41 methane gas turbines to help power the site, which activists say could "significantly increase" local air pollution, external.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

We mix together and spark the gases of the primitive Earth: hydrogen, water, ammonia, methane, hydrogen sulfide—all present, incidentally, on the planet Jupiter today and throughout the Cosmos.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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