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Marvel at massive Milky Way energy emissions
2013-01-08 00:01:10| CNET News.com
Researchers snap a stunning photo of massive amounts of charged particles bursting from the center of the Milky Way galaxy. [Read more]
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Major cuts to surging carbon dioxide emissions are needed now, not down the road, study finds
2013-01-07 18:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Halting climate change will require "a fundamental and disruptive overhaul of the global energy system" to eradicate harmful carbon dioxide emissions, not just stabilize them, according to new findings by UC Irvine and other scientists. In a Jan. 9 paper in Environmental Research Letters, UC Irvine Earth system scientist Steve Davis and others take a fresh look at the popular "wedge" approach to tackling climate change outlined in a 2004 study by Princeton scientists Stephen Pacala and Robert...
Three New State-Of-The-Art Power Plants Improve Efficiency, Reduce Emissions
2013-01-07 01:31:24| pollutiononline News Articles
Three new power plants officially began servingNorth Carolinacustomers at the end of 2012, representing a combined investment of nearly$3.65 billionand marking another significant milestone in Duke Energy's commitment to meet electricity needs with advanced, cleaner generation
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Nebraska Ethanol Plant Penalized For Emissions
2013-01-04 20:00:10| Waste Management - Topix.net
An ethanol plant in southern Nebraska has agreed to pay a civil penalty for violating its Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality permit.
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Measuring Fugitive Methane Emissions from Fracking
2013-01-04 19:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A Cornell study released last year, lead by Professor of Ecology and Environmental Biology Robert Howarth, was the first of its kind to study the global warming impact of natural gas extraction from shale deposits. The conclusion was that fracking releases up to 8 percent of the extracted methane directly into the atmosphere, and reports that all methane will contribute to 44 percent of global warming. Photo Andrew Michler In recent days, news reports and blog posts have highlighted the problem...
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