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The crazy true story of how George W. Bush secretly tried to raise the gas tax

2016-07-05 11:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: Remember that time the George W. Bush administration tried to sneak a new gas tax onto the books and sort of succeeded? You probably dont, because not even those fighting over this measure in Congress understood what was going on. As far as I can tell, the only person who knows the full story is Hanna Breetz, a political scientist at Arizona State University who wrote a dissertation on U.S. alternative fuel policy back in 2012. Its a dissertation that - mirabile dictu - broke news. But, because...

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Study Finds Pig Eco-Shelters Drive Down Greenhouse Gas Emissions

2016-07-05 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

AUSTRALIA - A Cooperative Research Centre for High Integrity Australian Pork study has found that greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) are 38 per cent lower in eco-shelters and 88pc of the variability in production systems with common effluent management systems is related to herd feed conversion (HFC).

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Amec to modernise Enagás Gaviota gas treatment facility in Spain

2016-07-04 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology

Amec Foster Wheeler has been selected to undertake a study to modernise Enagás Transportes gas treatment facility, part of the companys Gaviota underground storage plant in northern Spain.

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Australia: 'Sleeper issue' of leaking coal seam gas fields may blow hole in emissions goals

2016-07-03 11:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Age: Locals say the bubbling of the Condamine River, which was highlighted when Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham set fire to it on Friday, is caused by a nearby CSG operation. Gas has long been touted as cleaner than coal and marketed as a "transition" fuel until the mass take-up of renewable energy becomes viable. But a growing chorus of voices from Australia and overseas is warning that any perceived benefits could easily be lost with just small leakages. Professor Peter Rayner from the University...

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Hundreds evacuated in Detroit suburb after gas explosion

2016-07-02 17:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Hundreds of people were briefly evacuated from their homes in the Michigan town of Melvindale on Saturday morning after a car hit a natural gas main at a DTE Energy (DTE.N) facility and caused an explosion and fire, police said. The evacuations were a precaution in case the fire affected natural gas pipelines or underground wires. No one was hurt except for the driver of the car, and residents were allowed to return home a few hours after the fire was put out, police said. Local television showed...

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