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Residential Solar Panels Are Net Win for Utility Companies, Analysis Finds
2015-06-30 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Households and businesses with solar panels deliver greater benefits to utility companies than they receive through programs like net metering, according to an analysis of 11 case studies from across the U.S. by the advocacy group Environment New York. Net metering programs credit solar panel owners at a fixed rate equal to or less than the retail price of electricity for providing the excess power they generate to the grid. Utility companies have been fighting those credits in recent years,...
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Five things to know about energy today, starting with Gastar Exploration finds sucess with Utica well
2015-06-30 17:46:21| Logistics - Topix.net
Here are five things to know in the energy industry this week: Gastar finds success with Utica well Gastar Exploration Inc. ) has met with success on its second dry gas Utica Shale well in Marshall County, W.Va., the company has announced.
Soil water, microbes influence carbon in world's coldest desert, study finds
2015-06-30 03:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Soil water and microbes' respiration contribute to fluctuations of carbon dioxide in the world's coldest desert, where climate change is expected to increase underground moisture and microorganisms, an Arizona State University and Dartmouth College study finds. The findings appear in the journal Antarctica Science. In the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, climate warming is creating wetter conditions that are changing the soil in this climate-sensitive ecosystem. Previous studies have shown that...
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Beer Man: Samuel Adams finds success with braggot
2015-06-28 18:29:41| Beverages - Topix.net
Beer Man is a weekly profile of beers from across the country and around the world. This week: Samuel Adams Honey Queen, Boston Beer Co., Boston, www.samueladams.com.
Fuels from Canadian Oil Sands Have Larger Carbon Footprint, Analysis Finds
2015-06-26 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Gasoline and diesel refined from Canadian oil sands have a significantly larger carbon footprint and climate impact than fuels from conventional crude sources, according to an analysis by the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. Oil sands-derived fuels will release on average 20 percent more carbon into the atmosphere over their lifetime and possibly up to 24 percent more depending on how they are extracted and refined, the study says. Methane emissions from tailing ponds...
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