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Study Says Methane Releases Can Be Cut

March 10, 2014March 10, 2014 by Bill Opalka

Analysis by ICF International (ICF) says the US oil and gas industry can cost-effectively reduce emissions of methane to a large extent using available technologies and operating practices. A different study downplayed the greenhouse gas benefits of natural gas due to methane leaks. Environmental Defense Fund commissioned ICF to analyze ... Read more »

Fracking Will Benefit from Company, Environmentalist Collaboration

March 7, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

President Obama should gather energy companies, environment groups, scientists and state governors to form a commission charged with examining fracking risks and regulations, and recommending nationwide best practices, according to former state department official Robert Manning, writing for GE’s Ideas Lab. Such an effort would not be hard or expensive, or ... Read more »

Study Downplays Natural Gas Benefits

February 14, 2014February 14, 2014 by Bill Opalka

A new study says methane leaks from natural gas wells and pipes undermine the lower emissions potential of that fuel. A new report published in Science suggests that switching from diesel to natural gas in trucks could increase greenhouse gas emissions. The study runs counter to the policies highlighted in ... Read more »

Support Tool Cuts Dairy Emissions

February 13, 2014February 13, 2014 by Bill Opalka

Alltech has launched a tool to aid dairy nutrition and reduce methane emissions from animals. The tool allows nutritionists to evaluate and troubleshoot dairy rations to maximize feed efficiency to combat rising feed costs. It also estimates the amount of energy lost as methane and methane emissions per animal, according ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Colo. Methane Limits, Tesla Fires, Yucca Mountain

November 20, 2013November 20, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

Colorado governor John Hickenlooper has proposed tough limits – stronger than federal standards – on leaks of methane and other gases from oil and gas wells and storage tanks, the New York Times reports. He developed the rules in negotiation with three major oil and gas developers: Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Encana Corporation ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: EPA Adaptation Plans, Chemical Safety, Water Heaters

November 4, 2013November 4, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

The EPA has released 17 climate change adaptation implementation plans for its various regions and offices – such as the Office of Water, and the Office of Air and Radiation – to provide more detail about how the agency will meet the priorities it set out in its draft Climate Adaptation ... Read more »

Covanta Energy, Turning Earth Provide Organics Recycling to Businesses

October 29, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Covanta Energy and Turning Earth have partnered to provide organics recycling to Connecticut businesses and municipalities. Under the 10-year agreement, Turning Earth will build, own and operate an integrated organics recycling facility in central Connecticut to which Covanta will divert organic waste for reuse in partnership with municipalities and commercial ... Read more »

Clean Energy Sells Fuel Made from Waste

October 4, 2013October 7, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Clean Energy Fuels says it is the first company to commercially distribute a renewable natural gas vehicle fuel made from waste streams such as landfills, large dairies and sewage plants directly to fleets around the country and at 35 public Clean Energy stations throughout California. Thousands of cars, taxis, shuttles ... Read more »

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Fracking Methane Emissions 97% Lower than EPA Estimates, Study Says

September 18, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Greenhouse gas emissions from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, are “significantly lower” than EPA estimates, according to a new study from the University of Texas and the Environmental Defense Fund. The study, which measured methane emissions during completion operations for hydraulically fractured wells, found emissions were 97 percent lower than 2011 ... Read more »

Agriculture, Livestock Remain Major GHG Sources

May 9, 2013May 10, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Global greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural sector totaled 4.69 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2010, the most recent year for which data are available — an increase of 13 percent over 1990 emissions, according to Worldwatch Institute. By comparison, global CO2 emissions from transport totaled 6.76 billion ... Read more »

EPA Won’t Regulate Coal Mine Emissions

May 8, 2013May 8, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The EPA will not set methane emissions rules for coal mines, according to a document published in the Federal Register today. EarthJustice had petitioned the EPA to add coal mines to the Clean Air Act list of stationary sources and use the law to regulate their greenhouse gas emissions, similar ... Read more »

Scientists Discover New Ways to Capture Methane

April 18, 2013April 19, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

Scientists at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have found new materials that could be used to scrub methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from the air. The research team used systematic computer simulations to study the effectiveness of liquid solvents and nanoporous zeolites, porous materials commonly used as commercial ... Read more »

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