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Rise in Methane Emissions Threatens Paris Agreements

Mila Luleva — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 13:01:21 +0000

The levels of methane in the atmosphere are rising with rapid and unexpected rates. Methane is one of the greenhouse gases that contribute greatly to changes in climate. Although the gas has much shorter life-span than carbon dioxide, methane is much more powerful when it comes to damaging the ozone layer. According to the latest […]

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Big Oil Companies Pledge to Slash Potent Methane Emissions

Matthew Fiala — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 18:45:45 +0000

On Monday, a group of oil and gas companies pledged to slash emissions of methane emissions to a fifth by 2025 to battle climate change. Methane is roughly 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide as a heat-trapping gas. The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), which the United State’s Exxon Mobil and Chevron joined […]

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California Gets Tough On Methane Regulations

Nicholas Say — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 05:46:32 +0000

In a recent policy action California‘s air quality board voted unanimously to adopt regulations for methane that are the strongest in the history of the United States. There have been a string of recent incidents that involve methane pollution, including the giant leak at the Aliso Canyon gas storage field. The body of regulations will […]

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Methane Emissions From Oil Production Much Higher Than Previously Estimated

Nicholas Say — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 12:38:22 +0000

Lena Höglund-Isaksson has some bad news: it turns out that global oil production released a lot more methane into the atmosphere than previously thought. A study she was the lead author of has just been published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, and in that study she blows the top off a decades old formula […]

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Kangaroo Gut-Bacteria for ‘Cleaner’ Cow and Sheep Flatulence

Anthony Petrolo — Fri, 08 May 2015 19:35:56 +0000

Cows and other livestock-ruminants have gained notoriety for their flatulence, especially due to the release of methane and its link to climate change. This is particularly due to the presence of methanogens (microbes that produce methane) in their digestive systems. Considering methane has a global warming potential (GWP) approximately 21 times greater than carbon dioxide, […]

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Hydroelectric Dams Increase Methane Emissions, Says German Study

Mila Luleva — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 14:57:13 +0000

German researchers identified a link between the sediment trapped behind hydroelectric dams and the release of methane in the atmosphere from rivers. In their study, published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, the scientists established that the amount of the greenhouse gas released from the sediment might significantly increase the global freshwater emissions. The authors […]

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Fossil Fuel Industries Identified As The Main Source of Methane

Mila Luleva — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:44:36 +0000

A study recently published in the journal Atmospheric Environment, reported an increase in methane concentrations alongside major southern US roads and highways. Researchers from University of California, Santa Barbara, conducted an extensive sampling of atmospheric methane concentrations along transects from the Southwest and moving towards Huston. The scientists used a gas chromatograph to measure methane, since […]

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Impact of Methane Emissions On Climate Understated

Mila Luleva — Thu, 09 May 2013 19:13:20 +0000

The impact of methane as a greenhouse gas has been severely understated, as the amount that can be released through fracking has been projected for an 100-year period. Considering that emitted methane can last in the environment for just over eight years, governmental decisions about shale gas exploration have been highly criticised. Politicians are said […]

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New York State to Sue EPA For Failure to Act on Methane Emissions

Benji Jerew — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:02:59 +0000

It is well known that the increasing occurrence of severe weather systems is caused by global warming, which, in turn, is driven by human industrialization. The recent superstorm Hurricane Sandy, on its own, probably wasn’t much of an indicator of climate change, but when seen as part of a pattern, it has become clear that […]

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Huge Amounts of Methane Stored Under Melting Antarctic Ice Sheet, Scientists Warn

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:12:27 +0000

A paper published today in the journal Nature by scientists from various universities around the world warns that the methane trapped under the Antarctic Ice Sheet is a bomb ready to burst into the atmosphere with devastating effects for the environment and climate change. Their studies revealed that micro-organisms could have turned massive amounts of […]

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Hydroelectric Dams Accounting for Huge Methane Gas Emissions, Researchers Find

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 18:17:37 +0000

A team of researchers from the WSU (Washington State University) have discovered that dams with their water reservoirs, nowadays universally considered green energy resources, are actually contributing to the heating of the global climate. How? Read on. Methane, as it’s well-known, is 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide when it comes to its greenhouse-causing […]

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