On Jan. 2, 2006, 12 men were killed in a methane gas explosion in a coal mine in West Virginia's Upshur County.

A suspected methane gas explosion outside a supermarket in Chon Buri killed one welding worker and injured two others, including a customer.

Editor’s Note: This article with a revised headline has been updated to include additional information from the developer and Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy for readers.

On December 17, 2025, in Tongren, Guizhou, a boy's innocent fireworks prank turned dangerous when methane gas in a sewer ignited, causing a powerful explosion that launched a manhole cover into the ...

STEWART STREET — A new issue is brewing in the neighborhood battle against a proposal to build a train maintenance yard in a historically working-class community, one that involves a giant decades-old ...

Several agency programs are trying to track and reduce methane emissions around the world. To meet global targets, use of them needs to speed up. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey The world is not moving ...

"The countries where we measure the largest oil and gas methane emissions are Turkmenistan, the U.S., Russia, Mexico and Kazakhstan." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Oil and gas firms were supposed to start reducing methane, a powerful driver of climate change. The agency is giving them more time and may cancel the requirement. By Lisa Friedman and Maxine Joselow ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - An underground methane gas explosion killed up to 18 miners at a coal pit in northern Russia on Monday and President Vladimir Putin dispatched his disasters minister to the scene to ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Editor’s note: The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission on Dec. 18 approved new regulations to reduce methane emissions from landfills in Colorado. Denver ...