WASHINGTON (AP) — A surprising hot spot of the potent global-warming gas methane hovers over part of the southwestern U.S., according to satellite data.

A tiny patch of the southwestern U.S.

Although I was aware that the pollution caused by landfill couldn't be doing the environment much good, I hadn't realised quite how much the methane from such dumps contribute to global warming.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) Polish officials are searching for a miner who has been missing underground following a methane explosion.

Six international oil and gas companies have agreed to slash their emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

A study that blamed natural gas drilling for water pollution in two states has spurred calls for stricter regulations to keep wells from leaking methane into aquifers.

Biomethane industry executives have called for urgent Government intervention to boost supply of the renewable natural gas, which can be used by businesses as a transport fuel.

A new study conducted by the scientists from the University of Cambridge and the University of Aberdeen has found that an increase in the consumption of meat would cause global warming.