methane
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California has set a goal of reducing methane emissions to 40% below 2013 levels by 2030.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
For the past two years, leftover food has been able to be taken to an anaerobic digester to be converted into methane to generate electricity and produce fertiliser.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The Southern Utes’ reservation occupies about 1,100 square miles in the San Juan Basin, atop one of the most productive coal-bed methane fields in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Candidatus Velamenicoccus archaeovorus feeds on microorganisms that convert limonene, the compound responsible for the scent of oranges, into methane and carbon dioxide.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
Pluto, covered with methane ice and accompanied by its solitary giant moon Charon, is illuminated by a distant Sun, which appears as no more than a bright point of light in a pitch-black sky.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing methane
Global Climate Change - Introductory
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Earth Science - Middle School
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The Carbon Cycle
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