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EPA aims to cut methane leaks from natural gas companies

2016-03-31 15:08:02| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: The Obama administration on Wednesday announced a new partnership with 41 energy companies that have agreed to voluntarily reduce methane emissions from natural gas operations to help combat climate change. The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled the Natural Gas STAR Methane Challenge Program at this week's Global Methane Forum held in Washington. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, capable of trapping 25 times more heat in the atmosphere than an equivalent amount of carbon dioxide. EPA Administrator...

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Tonga policy aims to build climate change resilience by 2035

2016-03-30 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Matangi: An ambitious National Climate Change Policy to build a Resilient Tonga by 2035 was launched by the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Climate Change, Hon. Siaosi Sovaleni in February. The policy aims for 100% renewable energy, and includes a mulititude of other goals that check boxes such as gender considerations and equity for disadvantaged groups, along with designing Category 5 cyclone resistant homes. He admitted that to aim for a Resilient Tonga by 2035 is an ambitious and a costly...

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Program Aims To Facilitate Robotic Servicing Of Geosynchronous Satellites

2016-03-29 06:08:26| rfglobalnet Home Page

Hundreds of military, government and commercial satellites reside today in geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) some 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers) above the Earth—a perch ideal for providing communications, meteorology and national security services, but one so remote as to preclude inspection and diagnosis of malfunctioning components, much less upgrades or repairs.

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