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Envirotec Magazine
MAY 9, 2022
Untreated screenings are also a source of methane emissions, a greenhouse gas that is 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Moreover, spent biochar can be used to enhance the quality of biosolids, an organic fertiliser that many treatment plants produce, and which is applied to soils where it sequesters carbon for centuries.
Grist
JULY 23, 2024
That’s roughly as much CO2 as cement production worldwide emitted in 2016, and as much as forests globally removed from the atmosphere last year. Digging vaults in clay or silty soil, away from groundwater, is thought to be best practice. billion metric tons. Once companies acquire biomass, not just any hole will do.
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Grist
APRIL 20, 2022
Sometimes, only a thin layer of soil covers yawning craters where the ice has vanished, what Hasson calls “ghost ice wedges.” Combined with a $40,000 laser he dragged behind him on a plastic sled he’d nicknamed “The Coffin,” Hasson is able to link surface methane emissions to the ice disappearing underground. Sean McDermott / Grist.
DeSmogBlog
JULY 18, 2021
methane) from animal and land management and land-use change, which make the biggest warming contributions in the agricultural sector.”. These come from deforestation, changes in soil carbon, methane emissions, emissions from fertilisers, manure, farm machinery, and animal feed production. cropland and help the U.S.
DeSmogBlog
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
“If not properly plugged and abandoned, these wells and facilities can contaminate waterways and soil, serve as a source of climate and air pollutants, and can present physical hazards to people and wildlife,” CalGEM writes in a 2023 legislative report. In 2016, California Assemblyman Das Williams helped introduce a bill to manage idle wells.
Green Market Oracle
APRIL 20, 2020
Ohio fracking well Another epic spill that has turned out to be worse than originally thought is the 2016 Porter Ranch methane leak. At the time some had hoped that the spill would be a catalyst for change, instead we have come to realize that there may be even more devastating methane leaks that have not been reported.
DeSmogBlog
AUGUST 22, 2024
Between 2016 and 2022, the firm sold 16 of its coal plants – a 60 percent reduction in its coal capacity. Even relatively small methane leaks during the process of extracting, shipping, and processing natural gas contribute significantly to global emissions. However, Engie chose to sell these assets rather than close them down.
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