With oil production dropping, a new process that uses natural gas to create a key ingredient for plastic could help avoid shortages.

"Exposure to unclean cooking fuel and passive smoke during pregnancy and in early life are associated with developmental delays in children."

Cooking with gas stoves can raise indoor levels of the carcinogen benzene above those found in secondhand smoke.

"We were astonished by how large the potential reduction in greenhouse gases could be by 2050, and even by 2030."

A new method uses gold nanoparticles to convert hydrogen sulfide into high-demand hydrogen gas and sulfur in a single step.

"...drilling near an infant's public water source yields poorer birth outcomes and more fracking-related contaminants in public drinking water."

Flaring of natural gas from oil and gas fields in the United States, primarily in North Dakota and Texas, contributed to dozens of premature deaths.

The methane that leaks from gas stoves in the US is comparable to the crbon dioxide emissions from about 500,000 gasoline-powered cars.

Fixing just the worst methane leaks in the Permian Basin oil field, the largest in the United States, could cut emissions by 55 tons an hour.

Natural gas pipeline density is higher overall in socially vulnerable US counties, putting residents at greater risk for public health and safety issues.