In simple terms, we found that in years when a state – or its neighboring states – experienced more methane leak incidents, that state’s annual average fine-particle air pollution was measurably ...

In a first-ever look at the chemical makeup of gas coming into homes, scientists found benzene — a carcinogen for which there is no known safe level of exposure — in 95 percent of the samples ...

Chemical companies are the latest beneficiaries of natural gas drilling booms across the country, especially near the Marcellus Shale region in the Northeast. The ethane-rich gas there is ...

A new environmental review from New York State details some of the issues surrounding drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus shale New York's recently released review of the environmental risks ...

Natural Gas to Chemicals. Virus-based nanowires are the key to making valuable chemicals out of methane, says Siluria. By . Peter Fairley archive page; September 16, 2010.

The natural gas delivered to homes contains low concentrations of several chemicals linked to cancer, a new study found. Researchers also found inconsistent levels of odorants — substances that ...

In George Vacheresse's lifetime, Appalachia has fallen from its prime when steel mills and coal mines anchored middle-class communities and offered hope there always would be enough work to go around.