14-07-22 Both shale gas and conventional natural gas have a larger greenhouse gas footprint than do coal or oil, especially for the primary uses of residential and commercial heating. Dr. Robert Howarth, a professor of ecology and environmental biology, came...

14-06-20 An international team of astronomers, using data from several NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) space observatories, has discovered unexpected behavior from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy NGC 5548, located 244.6 million li...

14-06-12 Russia's President Vladimir Putin has said a gas price discount deal offered to Ukraine was designed to help its economy. 俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔普京称，对乌克兰出口天然气的价格折扣目的在于帮助其恢复经济。 After another round of negotiations, Ukraine r...

14-05-22 Russia's President Vladimir Putin has signed a multi-billion dollar, 30-year gas deal with China. 俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔普京与中国签署了一份价值数十亿美元、长达30年的天然气交易协议。 Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller (centre) and CNPC Chairman Zhou Jiping sha...

14-03-27 Ukraine's interim government says it will raise gas prices for domestic consumers by 50% in an effort to secure an International Monetary Fund (IMF) aid package. 乌克兰临时政府将家庭燃气价格提升50%以确保实施国际货币基金组织的援助项目。 An official a...

14-03-26 Lithuania's energy minister has called on the US Senate to speed up the export of natural gas to Europe. 立陶宛能源部长呼吁美国参议员加速实现天然气出口欧洲。 Jaroslav Neverovic said that Lithuania was being forced to pay a political price for being...

14-03-13 At least six people have died and several are missing after a gas leak sparked an explosion which levelled two buildings in New York City. 纽约城内发生煤气泄露爆炸事故，两座建筑被夷为平地，至少6人死亡、多人失踪。 Scores of others were injured in the...

14-02-24 Using a telescope installed at the driest place on earth -- Ridge A in Antarctica -- a UNSW-led team of researchers has identified a giant gas cloud which appears to be in an early stage of formation. Giant clouds of molecular gas -- the most massiv...

14-02-15 The first thorough comparison of evidence for natural gas system leaks confirms that organizations including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have underestimated U.S. methane emissions generally, as well as those from the natural gas indust...

14-01-18 More than 5,893 leaks from aging natural gas pipelines have been found under the streets of Washington, D.C. by a research team from Duke University and Boston University. A dozen of the leaks could have posed explosion risks, the researchers said....