methane

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“As organic waste decomposes in landfills, it accounts for 41% of the state’s methane emissions, a greenhouse gas with 84 times the power to heat the climate as carbon dioxide,” according to CalRecycle.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

Energy companies and importers in the bloc will have to report their emissions of methane, a powerful contributor to climate change.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

But in a world where global warming fixes can seem impossibly daunting, limiting methane pollution from stripper wells is the rare low-hanging fruit, Andrew Logan of Ceres, a climate advocacy group, told me.

From Salon • Jun. 24, 2026

This involves launching a fleet of tanker vehicles which transfer cryogenic liquid methane and liquid oxygen across in sequence, a highly ambitious manoever has not yet been tested.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Pluto, covered with methane ice and accompanied by its solitary giant moon Charon, is illuminated by a distant Sun, which appears as no more than a bright point of light in a pitch-black sky.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan