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Chemistry World January 22, 2015 Rebecca Trager	US methane emissions reduction effort generates sparks The White House has set a new goal of cutting methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 40-45% by 2025.
Chemistry World July 19, 2013 Emma Stoye	Senate approves Gina McCarthy as new EPA head After a record 136-day battle, a vote in the US Senate has confirmed Gina McCarthy as the new leader of the US Environmental Protection Agency.
Popular Mechanics November 2009	Methane Maps Step One for Energy Prospectors A recent discovery indicates there may be more of the gas being released and from deeper areas of the Arctic seabed than expected.
Chemistry World November 1, 2011 Rebecca Trager	Pilot Seeks to Thaw Methane Hydrate Promise The question of whether natural gas locked in ice, known as methane hydrates, can help the world keep pace with its growing demand for energy will soon become clearer.
Chemistry World February 23, 2015 Rebecca Trager	US expands pollution monitoring to its embassies The US State Department and Environmental Protection Agency have launched a joint international air quality program.
Geotimes August 2004 Megan Sever	The Missing Methane Link Researchers working in Azerbaijan have quantified one of the missing methane emitters -- mud volcanoes.
Chemistry World August 20, 2008	Grasslands Emit Greenhouse Gas Chinese researchers have found further evidence that plants emit significant quantities of methane - a potent greenhouse gas. But the latest findings also show that methane emissions depend not just on the species of plant, but the conditions in which they are growing.
Investment Advisor October 2008 Robert F. Keane	Going Green With Garbage When many advisors and their clients get together these days, topic number one is energy. How it will affect the portfolio, and the planet.
Geotimes January 2006 Kathryn Hansen	Plant Methane Surprises Climate Scientists Atmospheric scientists have long blamed cattle and microbes for the production of significant amounts of methane on Earth. But the discovery of a new large source of methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming, is putting trees on the hot seat.
Chemistry World November 29, 2007 James Mitchell Crow	Plants Really do Make Methane Chinese chemists have confirmed the contentious finding that plants can emit methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
Chemistry World November 9, 2012 Laura Howes	No methane on Mars, says Curiosity The idea that there was life on Mars has been dealt a blow after analysis of the planet's atmosphere found little to no methane.
Chemistry World April 27, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Scientists Clash Over Methane Mystery The startling claim that trees could be responsible for putting millions of tons of methane into the atmosphere every year was published last year in the prestigious journal Nature. But that has now been rubbished by rival researchers who report that plants emit virtually no methane whatsoever.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2011 David Lee Smith	Cornell University Flunks Fracking Hydraulic fracturing finishes behind both coal and wrestling at Cornell University, which is garnering attention for a research report it just released on the environmental effects of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking."
Chemistry World January 23, 2008 Michael Gross	Turning Gas Into Fuel Cheaply Researchers in Japan have developed a fuel cell that can convert methane, the main component of natural gas, into methanol, a useful fuel, at moderate temperatures.
Chemistry World December 14, 2015 Simon Hadlington	New camera makes methane visible Researchers in Sweden have developed a new camera that can visualize the flow of methane -- a key greenhouse gas -- as it emanates from its source.
Geotimes April 2006 Megan Sever	Undersea Methane Not to Blame New research is indicating that for at least three abrupt warming periods over the past 40,000 years, the warming was accompanied by, but not caused by, an increase in methane, and the methane increase was from the land, not the sea.
Chemistry World June 2, 2011 James Urquhart	Methane activation by organometallic reagent US scientists have demonstrated for the first time that a metal-carbon multiple bond complex can activate methane.
Geotimes November 2004 Dickens & Pinsker	Methane Hydrate and Abrupt Climate Change Conceivably, we live in a world with an enormous amount of gas hydrate and free gas that affects climate and global systems over time
The Motley Fool June 1, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Life in the Fast Layne The water and mineral drilling company Layne Christensen has an interesting play on coalbed methane. Investors need to drill into the company for themselves to see whether it all makes sense.
Geotimes December 2006 Megan Sever	Methane Budget to Become Off-Balance Methane packs a big punch in the atmosphere. A team of climate scientists now says that it has better determined the primary controls over the methane budget over the past two decades, and the team offers a warning for the future: methane emissions will likely rise.
Chemistry World August 5, 2009 James Urquhart	Martian methane breaks the rules Variations in methane concentration across Mars defy our current understanding of methane photochemistry, say French scientists.
Geotimes January 2005 Sara Pratt	Acid Rain Curbs Global Warming In an odd twist that highlights the complex nature of interactions between Earth's systems, researchers have found that acid rain is significantly suppressing the global emission of methane from wetlands.
Chemistry World November 24, 2014 Hepeng Jia	China looks to alternative hydrocarbons to fuel its future China is quickening its efforts to explore alternative energy sources ranging from 'flammable ice' to shale gas, although technological bottlenecks and environmental concerns are hampering efforts to commercialize them.
Chemistry World October 8, 2009 Hayley Birch	Molecular Snapshots Show Hydrate Growth US researchers have gleaned new insights into the formation of methane-rich hydrates found in the deep ocean.
Geotimes April 2003 Scott W. Tinker	Oil and Gas Research at a Critical Juncture Energy efficiency, environmental well-being, economic stability, health of the future energy workforce, supply distribution, U.S. and global security and mitigation of an energy crises are all reasons that U.S. policies should support a "decarbonization" of global energy.
Chemistry World September 13, 2012 Laura Howes	Sponges to mop up marine methane It may seem like the story from a children's cartoon, but Chinese scientist's claim that their sponge could suck up methane from the oceans, helping fight climate change and providing a new energy source at the same time.
The Motley Fool May 18, 2011 David Lee Smith	Chesapeake Resumes Fracking After Marcellus Mishap Scientists at Duke University have completed a Marcellus shale study that they maintain demonstrates that natural gas drilling can permit methane to migrate into a portion of the nearby water wells.
Geotimes November 2006 Carolyn Gramling	Methane Burps Below the Ice Methane bubbles frozen in the ice of a Siberian lake offer a visible target to scientists seeking to estimate how much methane the lakes emit, now estimated at as much as five times higher than previously thought.
Chemistry World August 31, 2012 Simon Hadlington	'Ocean methane paradox' solved? Numerical simulation of methane production by methanogenic microorganisms suggests that up to 400 billion tonnes of methane could be sitting under the ice. If the ice sheet collapses due to a warming climate, this could release the gas, which in turn would increase warming, the researchers say.
Wired December 2005	As Prices Rise, Technologies Emerge Energy innovations that once seemed off-the-charts expensive are becoming potentially profitable alternatives. The reason: rising long-term oil prices, which make these methods more cost-effective by comparison.
The Motley Fool June 18, 2007 Toby Shute	It's a Dung Deal American Electric Power, the nation's largest CO2 emitter, is taking baby steps toward changing its dirty ways -- starting with cow manure.
The Motley Fool September 20, 2007 Toby Shute	Coal Bed Methane Pain Environmental concerns are holding up a tremendous amount of potential coal bed methane development. This unconventional resource offers plenty of problems, and one giant opportunity.
Chemistry World August 16, 2006 Katharine Sanderson	Plants' Methane Emissions Revised The news that trees and other plants can give off large quantities of methane took biologists and atmospheric chemists by surprise. Scientists have now fine-tuned their calculations and set an upper limit on plants' total methane emissions that almost halves their original suggestion.
Fast Company October 1, 2007 Cora Daniels	Fast Talk: Coal's Metamorphosis Man Andrew Perlman wants to turn America's coal into what he calls Bluegas -- 99.5% methane. His company, backed by venture firm Kleiner Perkins, has a demonstration plant, and hopes to offer a commercial product by 2011.
Chemistry World November 6, 2011 Laura Howes	Predicting the Perfect MOF A collaboration between theoreticians and synthetic chemists in the US has led to a new understanding of metal-organic frameworks and some promising new compounds for methane storage.
Geotimes March 2006 Kathryn Hansen	Titanic Methane Mystery Solved? The case of the elusive source of methane on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, could soon come to a close, some astronomers say. A new model suggests that instead of storage within surface lakes or an ocean, methane lies inside an icy crust and periodic changes release it into the atmosphere.
Geotimes July 2006 Kathryn Hansen	Titanic Methane Mystery Solved? Planetary scientists discovered dozens of lakes, some connected by river-like channels, at Titan's north pole. Researchers suggest that the lakes could hold enough liquid methane to resupply the Saturnian moon's atmosphere with methane gas.
Geotimes June 2006 Katie Unger	Ancient Methane-Makers Researchers extracted methane gas from hydrothermal dikes in Western Australia and say that microbes produced the gas, which is evidence of some of Earth's earliest life.
Chemistry World May 20, 2014 Rachel Purser-Lowman	Microbes reduce coal's carbon footprint Scientists in Canada are investigating the microbial conversion of coal into methane, to find a way that coal, especially low grade unmineable coal, can be used in order to minimize its environmental impact.
Geotimes June 2004 Naomi Lubick	Tapping Methane Hydrates in the Gulf The research program in the Gulf of Mexico, officially known as the Chevron Texaco-Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Industry Project, will assess the threats of drilling through unstable methane hydrate and other gas deposits, from collapsed boreholes to the potential to destabilize offshore slopes.
The Motley Fool November 4, 2011 Aimee Duffy	This Natural Gas Stock Is Quickly Purging Assets Encana sells its North Texas assets.
Wired May 22, 2007 Amy Cortese	Belching Bovines Are Bad for the Environment: How to Clear the Air Thanks to a ruminant stomach and a diet heavy in grass, a single heifer belches up to 300 pounds of methane a day
Chemistry World February 18, 2015 Emma Stephen	Nanoporous methane storage -- an impossible target? Methane could reduce global dependence on oil so the search is on for nanoporous materials to act as fuel tanks for this tricky-to-store gas, but things are not looking promising.
Chemistry World April 28, 2009 Lewis Brindley	New catalyst means cheap hydrogen from power stations A new catalyst system could improve the efficiency of gas-fired power stations by producing hydrogen gas as a by-product, say Dutch researchers.
Geotimes March 2003 Lisa M. Pinsker	No lockup on gas in the West On federal lands in the Rocky Mountain region, the story is gas -- natural gas and lots of it. And most of the area's natural gas is available with minimal leasing restrictions, according to a government survey released in January.
Chemistry World April 23, 2009 Hayley Birch	Wetlands caused ancient methane belch Air trapped in ancient ice has revealed the likely source of the sudden spike in atmospheric methane concentrations that occurred at the end of the last ice age
Chemistry World August 23, 2006 Tom Westgate	Frozen Fuel Find Rewrites Rule Book Earth scientists are revising their ideas about natural gas hydrates after discovering that large deposits of the water and methane mixture can form at surprisingly shallow depths below the sea floor.
The Motley Fool February 26, 2009 David Lee Smith	Are We Entering a New Era for Natural Gas? While oil discoveries are getting the attention, there is money to be made in gas. Read on about the gas goings-on in the world.
The Motley Fool June 13, 2007 Toby Shute	Take My Methane -- Please! 900,000+ acres of coal bed methane leases aren't even the best part of CNX Gas' sweet deal. Investors, take note.
Chemistry World October 23, 2009 Phillip Broadwith	Methane all bound up US chemists have characterized the first stable sigma-methane complex in which methane binds to a metal without breaking its C-H bonds.