Methane Emissions

Is The New Global Climate Change Agreement Missing Something Major?

The Huffington Post | James Gerken | Posted 02.17.2012

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A recently announced climate change agreement between the United States and several other countries aims to reduce pollutant emissions, but it is draw...

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Methane in the Twilight Zone (Third Episode)

Nathan Currier | Posted 04.11.2012

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Nathan Currier

Do you like CSI? I remember the esteemed climate scientist Michael MacCracken once saying that climate researchers need to be like CSI investigators, prying out the truth from obscure clues.

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This Little Piggy Made Energy (With Methane)

Neil Wagner | Posted 03.26.2012

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Neil Wagner

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Methane in the Twilight Zone (Second Episode)

Nathan Currier | Posted 03.18.2012

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Nathan Currier

The most important paper on climate change in quite a while was published two days ago in Science (Shindell et al, 2012: read about it here). But sorr...

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Methane in the Twilight Zone (First Episode)

Nathan Currier | Posted 03.12.2012

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Nathan Currier

Last month saw methane emissions entering the twilight zone for the first time. By an odd quirk of timing, two incongruous things happened virtually at once.

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Methane and the Fierce Urgency of Now

Nathan Currier | Posted 01.01.2012

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Nathan Currier

'Methane Apollo' is my name for what might help us -- an Apollo-like half-decade project centered on massive methane reductions from gas and oil, coal mining, landfills, agricultural waste, and wastewater.

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New Concerns That Brazilian Dam Will Create A 'Methane Factory'

The Huffington Post | James Gerken | Posted 11.15.2011

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Last month's worldwide protests against the Brazilian government's Belo Monte Dam project may have ended, but concerns about deforestation and displac...

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DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011

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DK Matai

Editor's Note: This post has been removed from the Huffington Post....

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Eco Etiquette: Will The BP Oil Spill Worsen Global Warming?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jennifer Grayson

Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. The oil and dispersants i...

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Copenhagen, Methane Emissions, and the Arctic

Armond Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Armond Cohen

Reducing methane emissions could bring quick results, because its warming lasts only 10 years, while CO2 warming already in place will continue for centuries.

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Eco Etiquette: Is Recycling Bad For The Environment?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jennifer Grayson

I have been hearing reports that recycling is bad. That the costs of shipping, mostly the carbon emissions from them, counteract any benefit from recy...

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How to Green Your 2010

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

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Avital Binshtock

Whether you call them resolutions, goals, or lifestyle changes, here are four key measures you can take to make 2010 easier on the planet.

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What To Do, What To Do About Gas From Livestock Poop

New York Times | ELISABETH ROSENTHAL | Posted 05.25.2011

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The cows and pigs dotting these flat green plains in the southern Netherlands create a bucolic landscape. But looked at through the lens of greenhouse...

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The Methane Bomb is Ticking: Here's an Energy Plan to Defuse It

Mary Ellen Harte and John Harte | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mary Ellen Harte and John Harte

Why is a sudden increase in atmospheric methane particularly frightening? The standard assumption until now has been: control global warming by turning off the human spigot.

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Scandal Surrounding The FDA, Cows' Tooting, And A Monsanto Hormone

Greenwash Brigade | Heidi Siegelbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

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What a riot! How complex is a story about: * The genetically engineered bovine growth hormone, somatotropin, trade name Posilac... * which is...

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Cows That Chew Cashews May Burp 90 Percent Less Methane

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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TOKYO (Reuters) - The cast offs from snacking on cashews may help fight global warming caused by animals that belch methane. Tests in Japan have show...

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The Venus Syndrome (Part One)

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Patrick Takahashi

It turns out that there is another greenhouse gas, methane, that shows promise for becoming the doomsday gas.

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