methane

Energy

Making energy from waste: the other natural gas

Every day, a facility on the outskirts of Grand Junction, Colorado, takes in 8 million gallons of what people have flushed down their toilets and washed…

Energy

Fracking wells could be leaking 9% of gas, says recent research

According to researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the University of Colorado at Boulder, hydrofracking…

Cornell University's Larry Cathles is squaring off with a fellow faculty member over the risk posed by methane emissions during drilling. He's arguing the threat is trumped up.

Energy

Cornell scientists face off over danger of methane emissions

Matt Richmond, WSKG

In April, Bob Howarth and two of his colleagues at Cornell University published a report in the journal Climatic Change, with this conclusion:Natural gas…