Study clarifies U.S. beef's resource use and greenhouse gas emissions
A fuller picture is emerging of the environmental footprint of beef in the United States.
Environment
Mar 12, 2019
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News tagged with gas resources
USGS identifies largest continuous oil and gas resource potential ever
Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced the Wolfcamp Shale and overlying Bone Spring Formation in the Delaware Basin portion of Texas and New Mexico's Permian Basin province contain an estimated mean of 46.3 ...
Environment
Dec 6, 2018
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Development threatens tropical forests, researchers say
Tropical forests in the Amazon, Indonesia, and Mesoamerica face multiple threats from mining, oil, and gas extraction and massive infrastructure projects over the next two decades, according to a study by Clark University ...
Environment
Dec 4, 2018
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Researchers demonstrate how to make modern living sustainable with new eco-housing
UN Environment and Yale University in collaboration with UN Habitat today unveiled a new eco-housing module, to spark public discussion and new ideas on how sustainable design can provide decent, affordable housing while ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 9, 2018
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Why you can't have free trade and save the planet
When Donald Trump recently announced tariffs on steel and aluminium imports he was condemned by proponents of free trade across the world. His critics said the US president had not understood how protectionist policies would ...
Environment
May 1, 2018
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Many low-lying atoll islands could be uninhabitable by mid-21st century
Sea-level rise and wave-driven flooding will negatively impact freshwater resources on many low-lying atoll islands in such a way that many could be uninhabitable in just a few decades. According to a new study published ...
Environment
Apr 25, 2018
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Minding the gap ahead of future fuels
Oil expert Tadeusz Patzek aims to ensure that efficient recovery of oil and gas remains feasible whilst scientists find alternative green energy sources.
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 4, 2018
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Global carbon emissions could be cut three percent by following the UK's example
The UK cut its emissions from electricity production by 25% in 2016, using a strategy many countries could adopt to quickly lower carbon emissions.
Environment
Mar 26, 2018
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Re-assessing Alaska's energy frontier
Less than 80 miles from Prudhoe Bay, home to the giant oil fields that feed the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, lies the site of USGS' latest oil and gas assessment: the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and adjacent areas. Managed ...
Environment
Dec 22, 2017
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Why Americans will never agree on oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
After decades of bitter struggle, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge seems on the verge of being opened to the oil industry. The consensus tax bill Republicans are trying to pass retains this measure, which was added to ...
Environment
Dec 20, 2017
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