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Franklin Township Plans for Permanent Methane Extraction at Former Landfill, Now Ball Fields

2014-09-17 22:59:00| Waste Age

<a href="http://www.nj.com/.com">NJ.com</a> Franklin Township hopes to have a bid by mid-October to replace the temporary methane extraction system in a capped landfill which raised concerns earlier this year. Content Classification: Curated read more

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EPA setting its sights on methane

2014-09-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

US News: The Environmental Protection Agency may be turning an eye toward curtailing emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change, agency Administrator Gina McCarthy said this week. What is a methane strategy for oil and gas that we can embrace? McCarthy said Tuesday during a forum in New York City hosted by Barclays. Methane isnt a waste its a wasted opportunity when it leaks. Increasing amounts of methane have escaped into the atmosphere over the past decade,...

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US mulls methane limits for fracking operations

2014-09-04 03:41:30| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BusinessGreen: New rules forcing oil and gas producers to cut emissions of potent greenhouse gas methane could be introduced in the US, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief admitted yesterday. Gina McCarthy told a New York Forum yesterday that officials will decide this year whether to bring in regulations to cut emissions or to rely on voluntary steps by the industry, according to news agency Bloomberg. "We are looking at what are the most cost-effective regulatory and-or voluntary efforts that...

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Bonanza for study of climate change's impact on marine methane

2014-08-27 00:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Science Monitor: Methane streaming from the seafloor at ~425 meters (1400 ft) water depth offshore Virginia. Such naturally occurring methane seeps are a bonanza for scientists trying to understand undersea methane's responses to climate change. Researchers have discovered hundreds of naturally occurring methane seeps along the margins of the East Coast's continental shelf a bonanza for marine scientists trying to understand undersea methane's potential responses to climate change. In effect, these seeps...

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