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The Fracking Industry's Methane Problem Is a Climate Problem

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 9 mins While carbon dioxide — deservedly — gets a bad rap when it comes to climate change, about 40 percent of global warming actually can be attributed to the powerful greenhouse gas methane, according to the 2013 IPCC report. Tags: methane fracking venting emissions Dr. Robert Howarth American Petroleum Institute

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Gradually then suddenly: will the low carbon transition happen sooner than we expect?

Terra Infirma

But if we hit a number of tipping points, eg releasing bubbles of methane trapped in melting permafrost, things could go south very quickly indeed. I signed up to Zoom in early 2000 as it was half the price and about 20 times better than my former webinar provider, Webex. Another example is Zoom.

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Are Methane Emissions From The U.S. Oil and Gas Industry A Crisis?

Energy Central

In the United States, concerns arise about the leakage of methane gas into the atmosphere during oil and gas drilling operations. This article will analyze methane emissions vs. increased U.S. natural gas production since year 2000 and the beneficial effect that that has.

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Fume faculties

Envirotec Magazine

Figure 1: With the Protea 2000 duct- or stack-mounted analyser, the exhaust gas passes through a set of sintered metal panels, a proprietary technology said to remove the need for filtering. Envirotec asked continuous emissions monitoring expert Protea for insight into the topic.

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Italy’s Eni Faces Lawsuit Alleging Early Knowledge Of Climate Change

DeSmogBlog

Further research by DeSmog has shown that Eni’s company magazine Ecos made repeated references to climate change during the late 1980s and 1990s — while running advertising campaigns promoting natural gas, which is mostly comprised of planet-warming methane, as a “clean” fuel. ‘Friend Methane!

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This carbon challenge is bigger than cars, aviation and shipping combined

GreenBiz

Costs add up quickly: equipment to collect biogas (the unprocessed methane-rich vapor given off by waste); upgrade the gas to pipeline quality; and connect to existing gas pipelines. . Today, RNG is held back in part by a Catch-22 financial trap. Capital needs for smaller landfill projects run from $5 million to $25 million. "A

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Government launches call for evidence on how to tackle livestock methane emissions

Business Green

Government and devolved administrations team up to explore how to accelerate adoption of methane-busting feed products for cattle and sheep. Efficiency gains in dairy farming mean that we are now producing 11 per cent more milk than we were in 2000 with 24 per cent fewer cows, Defra added.

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