Methane

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Greeley, Colorado To Convert Methane From Cattle Manure Into Energy

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 10.18.2009 | Denver

Read More: Weld County, Colin Peterson, Renewable Energy, Betsy Markey, Cattle, Methane, Michael Bennet, Cows, Greeley Colorado, Denver News

GREELEY, Colo. — The smell of manure hangs over Greeley as it has for half a century. These days it's more than just a potent reminder of the r...

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In A Vegetarian World, What Happens To Cows?

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 10.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Living, Vegetarian, Cows, Livestock, Food Politics, Sustainability, Reasons to Be a Vegetarian, Vegetarianism, Methane, Vegetarian Awareness Month, Green News

A question to ponder during Vegetarian Awareness Month. A ridiculous question, you might say, yet it's one I get asked all the time. As if we're doing...

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How Extremophiles Might Help Us Save the World

Levi Novey | Posted 10.18.2009 | Green

Living and thriving in the most inhospitable conditions on Earth, tiny bacteria-like microbes known as extremophiles might soon have an over-sized effect on our human world.

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Save Cash by Going Green: 4 Tips

Avital Binshtock | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Motoring, Fuel, Energy, Gas Prices, Gas, Driving, Landfills, Charity, Carbon Emissions, Economy, Green, Conservation, Green Living, Saving Money, Coal, Methane, Electricity, Fossil Fuels, Greenhouse Gases, Oil Prices, Environment, Earth Hour, Food, Sierra Club, Cash, Going Green and Saving Money, Green Tips, Green News

Going green doesn't just save the outside world. It also can preserve the hard-earned money in your bank account.

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Farmer Saves $200,000 Powering Farm With Cow Poop

cnn.com | Ayesha Tejpar CNN | Posted 08.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Methane Gas, Cow Poop, Green Energy, Alternative Energy, Methane, Green News

"It's a pretty simple process. There's not really a lot to it," Saylor said. "Manure comes from the cows, and there's energy left in the manure."...

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The Garbage Nightmare

Bernie Bulkin | Posted 08.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Landfills, Waste, Methane, Greenhouse Gases, Waste Management, Green News

We have to minimize, recycle, reuse and think of waste as food. We have to stop thinking about cradle to grave and start thinking about cradle to cradle.

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Obama Administration Refuses To Clamp Down On Cow Burps

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 07.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama Administration, Cows, Cow Burps, Methane, Green News

WASHINGTON — One contributor to global warming _ bigger than coal mines, landfills and sewage treatment plants _ is being left out of efforts by...

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Cow Burps, Not Cow Farts, Threatening Planet

The American Prospect | Posted 05.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Eating Matters, Cows, Climate Change, Environment, Cow Burps, Pollution, Cow Farts, Global Warming, Methane, Green News

That basically means that the potent methane emissions from cows -- emissions that contribute quite a lot to climate change -- are the product of burp...

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Staring Down the Double-Barrel Climate Shotgun

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Research, Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Wetlands, Science, Permafrost, Oceans, Methane, Global Warming, Climate Disruption, Green News

Dr. Bill Chameides is the dean of Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He blogs regularly at th...

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Australian Researchers Strive To Make Cows Belch Less

AFP | Posted 03.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Australia, Cows, Pollution, Methane, Green News

In August, Australian environment scientists said it would be better if citizens ate Kangaroo meat: Removing seven million cattle and 36 million shee...

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Methane: The Really Scary Greenhouse Gas

Los Angeles Times | Margot Roosevelt | Posted 03.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Greenhouse Gases, Methane, Climate Change, Global Warming, Green News

International experts are alarmed. "Methane release due to thawing permafrost in the Arctic is a global warming wild card," warned a report by the Uni...

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From Conspicuous Consumption to Conspicuous Frugality

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 02.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Al Gore, Newspapers, Lifestyle, Recycle, Mexico, Designers, Artists, Louis Vuitton, Green Living, Saving Money, Huffington Post, Chanel, Brazil, Methane, Home News

Humans are ingenious inventors, which may be what got us into this mess in the first place. Now we must invent alternative products that we can enjoy as much as what they replace.

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The Venus Syndrome Revisited

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 12.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Global Climate Warming, Global Warming, Methane, The Venus Syndrome, Oceanic Bacteria, Simple Solutions, Artic Tundra Global Warming, Carbon Dioxide, Archaea, Effects of Methane, Venus Atmosphere, MIT Studies, Global Warming Methane, Green News

According to some atmospheric scientists, this miniscule amount of methane in our atmosphere already has half the potency of carbon dioxide in warming our globe.

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New Jersey Landfills Capture The Methane They Produce, Turn It Into Energy

AP | DAVID PORTER | Posted 11.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Methane, Methane Capture, Greenhouse Gases, Money Saving, Environment, New Jersey, Landfill Methane Capture, Green News

KEARNY, N.J. — Standing atop the 400-acre 1-E landfill, you get a panoramic view of the Meadowlands sports complex to the north and the New York...

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Methane Thaw Worries Climate Scientists

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 11.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Climate Science, Methane, Nitrogen, Greenhouse Gases, Methane Thaw, Arctic Methane, Environment, Green News

WASHINGTON — Carbon dioxide isn't the only greenhouse gas that worries climate scientists. Airborne levels of two other potent gases _ one from ...

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Economic Crisis? What About the Climate Crisis?

Jeremy Jacquot | Posted 10.30.2008 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Abrupt Climate Change, Government Bailout, Wall Street, Climate Crisis, Methane, Green News

Saving our economy from collapse is important, but so should be saving our planet. If we can afford to invest $700 billion in the financial sector, then we can certainly spend as much, to create a new "green" revolution.

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Modern Alchemy: Turning Sewage Into Energy And Money

AP | Posted 10.13.2008 | Green

Read More: San Antonio, Green Energy, Green Living, Sewage, Methane Capture, Methane, Green News

SAN ANTONIO — The city plans to turn the stench of its residents' waste into sweet green cash and renewable energy. The San Antonio Water Syste...

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Profit-Loss Entrepreneur

Norman Cressy | Posted 08.19.2008 | Green

Read More: Carbon Dioxide, Global Warming, Methane, Green News

I wonder what it will feel like for everyone to witness Armageddon outside their window rather than in a movie theater or perhaps in traffic jams trying to get to gas stations.

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Permafrost Threatened by Rapid Retreat of Arctic Sea Ice

Janet Ritz | Posted 07.09.2008 | Green

A new study warns that the integrity of carbon and methane sequestering permafrost is threatened by the rapid retreat of Arctic Sea Ice, and this summer may see the first ice-free North Pole for the first time in recorded history.

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Cows That Chew Cashews May Burp 90 Percent Less Methane

Reuters | Posted 06.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Methane Emissions, Cutting Methane Emissions, Cashew Oil Methane, Cows, Cows Cashew Oil, Cashew Oil, Cows Burping, Methane, Green News

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 Two)

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 06.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Emissions, Global Warming, Climate Change, Methane, Green News

Humanity at large, and most of life, would cease to exist within a century, providing a short period to develop solutions for survival, the only rational one being to leave Planet Earth.

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Hold the Methane: Grass Innovation Means Gas Free Cows

World Changing | Julia Steinberger | Posted 06.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Cows, Dairy, Agriculture, Methane, Green News

A recent innovation from scientists in Australia and New Zealand offers hope for humans to continue our love affair with meat and dairy products. The ...

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