COPENHAGEN - Almost 90% of satellite-detected methane leaks flagged to governments and oil and gas companies are not being acknowledged, the UN said Wednesday ahead of the COP30 climate talks next ...

Super-Warming Methane Gas Is Being Tackled Too Slowly, UN Says Ahead of COP30 By Alison Withers COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Almost 90% of satellite-detected methane leaks flagged to governments and oil and ...

Several residences on Newport Beach’s Balboa Peninsula were placed under evacuation orders Wednesday due to a methane gas leak. According to Newport Beach Fire Chief Jeff Boyles, the property owner at ...

The City of Newport Beach declared a local emergency after methane gas was discovered seeping from an abandoned oil well beneath a home on the Balboa Peninsula, prompting an evacuation order for ...

Every day in oil and gas fields, companies lose gas to leaks and other issues—product they make no money from while venting a potent climate-damaging pollutant into the atmosphere. In November, the ...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (CNS) -- Several homes on Newport Beach's Balboa Peninsula were under evacuation orders Thursday due to a leak of methane gas believed to have been caused by oil seeping from an ...

A local emergency was declared in Newport Beach as an abandoned private oil well beneath a home leaked oil and methane gas. Trump’s Canada Gaffe Steals Spotlight College Football World Lost for Words ...

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After a methane gas leak at a home on the Balboa Peninsula of Newport Beach prompted the city to issue a local emergency, neighbors who were forced to leave won't be able to return home until later in ...

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Officials said the leak may have been caused by an oil intrusion from an "abandoned private oil well" under one of the properties. Newport Beach Fire Department Chief Jeff Boyles said the well was ...