methane
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While its emissions are lower, drilling and extracting it causes the leakage of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas and the main component of natural gas.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
In a separate statement, the Sikkim government said the accident was caused by "methane gas combustion".
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The U.S. and other energy-exporting countries have pressed the EU to ease its methane rules.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
In that time the methane that got into the atmosphere was as much as the emissions of a half-million cars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
When Earth was only about a third of its eventual size, it was probably already beginning to form an atmosphere, mostly of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, methane, and sulfur.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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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