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Scientists investigating nation's worst methane hot spot in Four Corners area
2015-05-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Deseret News: Four research planes and more than two dozen scientists and technologists are wrapping up a monthlong study in the Four Corners area. They have been trying to figure out the source of the nation`s largest concentration of airborne methane. In the region where Utah rubs shoulders with three other states, satellite imagery detected the nation's worst methane hot spot. "That`s a huge anomaly," said Andrew Thorpe from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "But we don`t know exactly where the methane...
Study finds low cost in reducing methane emissions
2015-04-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Reducing methane leaks from oil and gas operations around the world could provide a relatively inexpensive way to fight climate change, according to a new report commissioned by the Environmental Defense Fund. The amount of methane that escaped worldwide in 2012 was roughly 3.6 billion cubic feet and would have been worth $30 billion on the market, said Kate Larsen, a director of the Rhodium Group, which produced the study. A country that produced that amount of gas would rank seventh in the world,...
EPA Highlights Decline In Methane Emissions From Natural Gas Production
2015-04-17 08:32:21| oilandgasonline News Articles
“The latest inventory shows that U.S. producers continue to make dramatic improvements, with net methane emissions from natural gas production falling 38 percent since 2005,” said Howard J. Feldman, API senior director of regulatory and scientific affairs.
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Researchers find that abiotic methane can charge deepsea Arctic gas hydrates
2015-04-14 19:55:39| Green Car Congress
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Methane Leaks From Closed Landfill Force Golf Course Closure
2015-04-14 10:16:00| Waste Age
A golf course built atop a former landfill near Columbus, Ohio, has been closed due to disagreements over how an outside company was maintaining the site. read more
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