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Natural Gas Production Causing Large Methane Hotspot Over U.S. Southwest

2014-10-10 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yale Environment 360: A single methane hotspot in the U.S. Southwest accounts for 10 percent of the nations total estimated methane emissions, according to an analysis by researchers at the University of Michigan and Caltech. The area is centered in New Mexico's San Juan Basin near the shared borders of Colorado, Utah, and Arizona -- the site of the largest and most active coalbed natural gas production operation in the U.S. Natural gas from the basin is more than 95 percent methane, a significantly more potent heat-trapping...

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America's Tiny Four Corners Region Is an Outsized Methane Hotspot

2014-10-10 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Time: One small spot in the U.S. Southwest is the surprising producer of the largest concentration of methane gas seen across the nation. Levels of methane over the Four Corners region are more than triple the standard ground-based estimate of the greenhouse gas, reports a joint study of satellite data by scientists at NASA and the University of Michigan. Methane is a heat-trapping gas whose increasing quantities in the atmosphere have fueled concerns about global climate change. The methane "hotspot,'...

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Surrey WiFi hotspot locations have not been announced.

2014-10-01 05:24:38| Wireless - Topix.net

The City of Surrey has signed a 10-year deal with Shaw as part of a plan to provide a free WiFi hotspot at every community centre in the south Fraser municipality. Geoff Samson, manager of IT services with Surrey, said on Tuesday the agreement is "non-exclusive" so other carriers can jump in during the years of the agreement if they want.

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T-Mobile US promotes Wi-Fi calling, launches home hotspot

2014-09-11 08:56:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) T-Mobile US announced a new programme to promote Wi-FI calling for its customers. Called 'Wi-Fi' Unleashed', it will see customers able to upgrade faster to phones supporting Wi-Fi calling and texting, through the operator's Jump prgramme. T-Mobile is also introducing its own home hotspot. The T-Mobile Personal CellSpot can replace a router or function alongside it, providing a hotspot with priority for HD Voice calls. It is available free to all Simple Choice subscribers with a smartphone that supports Wi-Fi calling, after a USD 25 refundable deposit. To extend Wi-Fi calling to the sky, T-Mobile also announced a partnership with Gogo, a provider of in-flight internet services. Through the partnership, T-Mobile customers will be able to send and receive unlimited text and picture messages, and receive visual voicemail, on any Gogo-equipped flight on US-based airlines. That's more than 75 percent of domestic flights carrying close to 300 million people last year.

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