Gas explosions remain a critical area of investigation, combining fundamental combustion science with significant industrial and environmental safety implications. These events arise from the rapid ...

In one of the most important state environmental decisions this year, California air regulators adopted new rules designed to reduce methane leaks and better respond to disastrous underground fires at ...

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No one was hurt and officials say the public is not in danger.

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OAK GROVE, Ala.—Alabama officials charged with protecting residents from surface impacts of underground coal mining have notified the federal government that they’ve suspended plans to require that ...

Before Seattle Public School spent $300 million to rebuild Rainier Beach High School on a peat bog, scientists hired by the district warned that methane in the soil could pose an explosive problem if ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California air regulators voted unanimously to adopt stricter rules designed to reduce methane emissions and ...