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Arctic methane release could cost economy $60 trillion
2013-07-24 09:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A release of methane in the Arctic could speed the melting of sea ice and climate change with a cost to the global economy of up to $60 trillion over coming decades, according to a paper published in the journal Nature. Researchers at the University of Cambridge and Erasmus University in the Netherlands used economic modelling to calculate the consequences of a release of a 50-gigatonne reservoir of methane from thawing permafrost under the East Siberian Sea. They examined a scenario in which...
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Western Washington CCC hosting workshop on renewable methane and transportation
2013-06-25 13:30:28| Green Car Congress
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Calysta Energy and NatureWorks partner on R&D to transform methane into the lactic acid building block for bioplastics
2013-06-19 15:30:18| Green Car Congress
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Reducing Cattle Methane Emissions
2013-06-17 11:26:59| Livestock - Topix.net
Cattle ruminating on a hillside create a peaceful scene. But their effect on climate change is as grim as their ultimate role in the multi-billion-dollar livestock industry.
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Methane leaks
2013-06-15 15:35:38| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Living on Earth: A new report from the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, C2ES, pegs US carbon dioxide emissions at levels not seen since the mid 1990's. Natural gas replacing coal for power generation has helped to lower emission rates, but methane leaks from wells and pipelines adds a powerful greenhouse gas to the atmosphere. C2ES president Eileen Claussen explains the methane leaks to host Steve Curwood. Transcript CURWOOD: The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions just reported that CO2 pollution...
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