Significant “ fugitive ” methane emissions have been discovered streaming from oil and gas

Current rules for methane emissions from U.S. oil and gas wells only apply to sources that were

CANBERRA, Australia( AP)--Australia on Thursday ruled out promising to cut methane emissions by

, Japan and Pakistan are among the 24 new signatories to the Global Methane Pledge, which was first

emissions of the planet-warming gas methane by around a third by the end of this decade and are

. Reducing the amount of methane seeping into the air would quickly translate into a slowdown of

REUTERS/ Phil Noble The inability of major powers so far to agree more broadly on rapid reductions in the use of fossil fuels, the main cause of manmade global warming, has upset the poorer, smaller countries likely to suffer its worst effects. Surangel Whipps Jr, president of Palau, a Pacific state of 500 low-lying islands under threat from rising sea levels, told the leaders of the G20 industrial powers in a speech: “ We are drowning and our only hope is the life-ring you are holding.” Nearly

REUTERS/ Phil Noble The second day of the two-week summit in Glasgow, Scotland also saw some overdue moves by wealthy nations to provide long-promised financial help for the developing countries worst hit by global warming. The United Nations conference aims to keep alive a receding target of capping temperatures at 1.5 degrees Celsius( 2.7 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels here, to avert still greater damage than has already been caused by greenhouse gases. British Prime Minister Boris Jo

GLASGOW, Scotland( AP)--World leaders promised to protect Earth's forests, cut methane emissions

WASHINGTON--A Democratic plan to impose a fee on methane emissions from oil and gas wells has