Methane Baseline Testing Zeros In On Fracking’s True Impact

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Using laser spectroscopy, residents of a rural town hope to expose fracking's negative effects on air and water quality. Read more →

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Audi Wants To Put Wind Power In Your Gas Tank

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Audi is in on a project that will use wind power to make hydrogen, then convert the hydrogen into synthetic methane for use in cars on the natural gas grid. Read more →

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Coal Mine Waste Gas Takes A Green Turn

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Aspen Skiing Company is leading a project that will capture methane gas from a Somerset, Colo., coal mine, and then burn the methane to produce electricity. Read more →

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One Man’s Compost Is Another Man’s Fuel

Stuttgart Biogas Plant

Turning to the compost bin behind markets and cafeterias, researchers in Stuttgart aim to turn moldy fruits and vegetables into fuel for your car. Read more →

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Landfill Helps Power Marine Base In Georgia

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At the Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, in Georgia, methane gas captured from a landfill is generating 1.9 megawatts of renewable electric power and steam. Read more →

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Zoo Poo, Too, Targeted For Clean Energy

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ZooShare is aiming to build a biogas plant in Ontario, using animal waste from the Toronto Zoo to power a 500-kilowatt, grid-connected generator. Read more →

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Scientists Crack A Cold One For Biofuels

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Scientists from Cornell and other universities have analyzed microbes in brewery waste, looking for ways to turn beer by products into useful biofuel. Read more →

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Landfill Gas To Energy Projects Honored

EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program

The EPA honors six landfill projects that are keeping global-warming gases out of the atmosphere and producing renewable energy from our trash. Read more →

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Fuel Cells Of Tomorrow Methane Powered?

Harvard researchers are looking to produce cheaper, more efficient fuel cells powered by sources like methane gas which would be mobile device focused. Read more →

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Greenhouse Gas Converted into Fuel?

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Forget just sequestering carbon--why not CO2-based fuels? That's the thinking behind new research in the UK aimed at turning coal-fired carbon emissions into methanol fuel. Read more →

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