News tagged with gas resources

Fires in Amazon challenge emission reduction program

Fire occurrence rates in the Amazon have increased in 59% of areas with reduced deforestation and risks cancelling part of the carbon savings achieved by UN measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

North America automobile sector bottom of 'world sustainability league'

North American car manufacturers have come bottom of the league in the largest ever international study of the global automobile sector's sustainability performance.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

New geothermal heat extraction process to deliver clean power generation (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new method for capturing significantly more heat from low-temperature geothermal resources holds promise for generating virtually pollution-free electrical energy. Scientists at the Department ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (19) | comments 16

Clean energy becomes a selling point

As somewhat bewildered Apple shoppers in San Francisco, New York and Toronto learned firsthand this month, Greenpeace has a new enemy: dirty data. To attract attention to its report, "How Clean Is My Cloud?" - which draws ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Fracking requires a minimum distance of at least 0.6 kilometers from sensitive rock strata

The chances of rogue fractures due to shale gas fracking operations extending beyond 0.6 kilometres from the injection source is a fraction of one percent, according to new research led by Durham University.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Alternative-energy innovations on display

Climate change is in dispute. Oil and gas are staging a comeback. Republicans are questioning federal funding for energy research as a waste of money in a time of deficits.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Green fuel versus black gold: Is bioethanol more environmentally benign option to petroleum-derived fuels?

A life cycle assessment of growing crops for fuel as opposed to refining and using fossil fuels has revealed that substitution of gasoline by bioethanol converted from energy crops has considerable potential for rendering ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 24, 2012 | popularity 1.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Ocean cacophony a torment for sea mammals

With the constant churn of freighter propellers, the percussive thump of oil and gas exploration and the underwater din of military testing, ocean noise levels have become unbearable for some sea mammals.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research indicates China's demand for oil will equal US demand by 2040

Despite aggressive demand-management policies announced in recent years, China's oil use could easily reach levels comparable to today's U.S. levels by 2040, according to a new energy study by the Baker Institute.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Himalayan nations agree on climate adaptation plan

(AP) -- Four Himalayan nations facing the threat of weather changes have agreed to collaborate on ways to adapt to climate change after a two-day summit in Bhutan.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

China faces hurdles to developing shale gas

Energy-hungry China is tapping its vast shale gas reserves to reduce its reliance on dirty coal and imports, but experts warn its lack of technical expertise and scarce water supplies pose challenges.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Ethane levels yield information about changes in greenhouse gas emissions

Recent data from NSF-funded research in both Greenland and Antarctica demonstrate that fossil-fuel related emissions of both methane and ethane, two of the most abundant hydrocarbons in the atmosphere, declined ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Bringing carbon capture to a rock near you

For coal-rich countries like the United States, the concept of "clean coal" is too intriguing to ignore. With the implementation of carbon capture and sequestration, America's most abundant energy resource ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Amid US gas boom, split over environment risks

The United States is seeing a natural gas boom thanks to discoveries of abundant shale gas, and at the same time a groundswell of opposition from critics who say the environmental risks from drilling are too ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 26, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 228

New research aims to improve natural gas production

Natural gas is an abundant energy resource for the United States, but much of it remains trapped in shale or tight-sand formations. Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology hope to develop ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1