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Synonyms and antonyms of the word: methane

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Abandoned mines also emit methane and can collapse or contaminate groundwater for decades.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/heatherfarmbrough/2023/07/14/how-a-swedish-tech-company-is-making-renewable-energy-from-abandoned-mines/

About 15,500 kilotonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in emissions were released in 2020 — about 17 per cent of Canada's total methane emissions that year.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/methane-emission-reduction-sask-1.6762784?cmp=rss

A combination of liquid oxygen and liquid natural gas powers these engines, a mixture that’s “not only the best for rocket propulsion, but also for reusability, and the easiest to eventually transition to methane on Mars,” according to the company.

Source: https://gizmodo.com/relativity-space-terran-third-launch-attempt-3d-printed-1850252285

A more mainstream plan is to curb methane emissions.

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2023/11/03/746801.htm

And most of that marine methane is also coming from there’s still uncertainty about how much methane is emitted, and from where.

Source: https://southafricatoday.net/environment/co2-in-methane-out-study-highlights-complexity-of-coastal-carbon-sinks/

And most of that marine methane is also coming from there’s still uncertainty about how much methane is emitted, and from where.

Source: https://southafricatoday.net/environment/co2-in-methane-out-study-highlights-complexity-of-coastal-carbon-sinks/

“And (PROJECTpipes) seems like something that makes a lot of sense, except that methane warms the atmosphere 80 times faster than carbon dioxide does.”

Source: https://wtop.com/dc/2023/04/on-earth-day-protesters-call-on-dc-to-end-dependence-on-fossil-fuels/

A study from one of Canada's premiere climate labs says methane emissions from Alberta's natural gas industry are underestimated by almost 50 per cent.

Source: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/study-finds-alberta-underestimates-methane-emissions-by-50-per-cent-1.6650693

Aunty rules a desert trading post called Bartertown, a post-apocalyptic community emulative of the wild west, where civilization perseveres by harvesting methane for energy and justice is served through violence.

Source: https://collider.com/tina-turner-mad-max-beyond-thunderdome/

Bertagni is the first author of a research article published in Nature Communications, in which researchers modeled the effect of hydrogen emissions on atmospheric methane.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-03-hydrogen-fuel-prolong-methane-problem.html

Both contribute to climate change although the pipeline delivery system for natural gas offers myriad connections and joints for the powerful greenhouse gas methane to escape into the atmosphere.

Source: https://www.chestertelegraph.org/2023/02/15/fuel-to-the-fire-recent-reports-on-gas-stoves-fail-rural-vermont/

But Jim Walls, a geoscientist with RJ Burnside, said recent surveys at the location found methane was not in fact coming up to the surface in any discernible quantities.

Source: https://observerxtra.com/2023/03/30/council-oks-plan-for-truck-lot-adjacent-park-site/

But pairing a cap with strengthened methane regulations could help Canada hit its 2030 goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 per cent below 2005 levels, she added.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/oil-gas-emissions-cap-1.7046901?cmp=rss

But the amount of methane from the top 20 fires in 2020 was more than seven times the average from wildfires in the previous 19 years, according to the new UCR study.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-04-methane-megafires-technique-pollution-policy.html

But while it includes a little-known direct price for methane emissions from oil and gas operations, its main focus is on subsidies and tax credits.

Source: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/degrowth-distraction-green-growth-is-only-solution-climate-change-by-gernot-wagner-2023-09

Carbon dioxide is the big climate villain but its lesser-known cousin methane is also a powerful planet-heating pollutant.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2023/dec/02/day-three-uae-loss-and-damage

Chapman said the Dunsky paper multiplies methane emissions in Canada's national inventory by 1.7 to achieve a more likely estimate of what's actually being released into the atmosphere.

Source: https://www.chroniclejournal.com/news/national/oil-and-gas-methane-reductions-less-expensive-than-paying-carbon-tax-study-finds/article_619f94f3-810d-5f95-bd75-1b79caf1e304.html

Closer to home, Fair Oaks Dairy in Newton County, Ind., has captured methane and produced biogas for several years.

Source: https://www.farmprogress.com/commentary/animal-ag-can-be-part-climate-solution

Cows poop and produce methane gas, which negatively impacts the climate.

Source: https://thegrizzlygazette.com/business/are-palm-oil-supplements-making-our-butter-harder/