(Photo: WildEarthGuardians/flickr/cc) A monstrous cloud of accumulated methane—a potent greenhouse gas—is now hovering over a large portion of the western United States according to satellite imagery analyzed by NASA and reported by the Washington Post. Created by years of intentionally released and errantly leaked natural gas during
A 2,500 Square-Mile Methane Plume Is Silently Hovering Over The Western US
The legacy of fossil fuel drilling is “giant cloud” of powerful greenhouse gas now visible from space.