Posts Tagged ‘methane’

New study assesses hundreds of US landfills to quantifying methane emissions

Image Credit: Mohammed Saber/EPA-EFE According to a new study, more than half the landfills in the United States are “super-emitters” of methane. Methane, a heat-trapping greenhouse gas (GHG), is 28 times more powerful than carbon dioxide. The study, “Quantifying methane emissions from United States landfills,” was led by nonprofit Carbon Mapper and published in the […]

Methane emissions from food waste alarmingly accelerate climate crisis

As EPA reports highlight the staggering methane emissions from food waste, the U.S. grapples with an overlooked environmental hazard. Source

Research expedition discovers extensive emissions of methane from bottom of Baltic Sea

The research project aimed “to expand knowledge about methane and its sources and sinks in the oxygen-free environments in the deeper parts of the Baltic Sea.” Source

CLIMATE INSANITY: UK cows to be given methane suppressants in bizarre effort to achieve lower emissions

(NaturalNews) (Natural News) The United Kingdom has ordered farmers to give their cows methane suppressants to reduce their emissions, which is part of the country’s “climate change” goals for 2023.These methane blockers come in the form of food additives in compound feeds, according to the Daily Mail. The additives contain seaweed, organic acids, … [Read More…] […]

Methane gas explosion in Sicily causes deadly building collapse

Three people died and several are missing after an explosion in Sicily due to a gas leak, Italian authorities said. The methane explosion resulted in the collapse of several buildings in the town of Ravanusa, Italy’s civil protection officers said. Two women were rescued alive, rescuers added, and transported to a local hospital. One of […]

Biden’s Farm Methane Plan Could Worsen Consolidation And Pollution

Above photo: Methane biodigester on a dairy farm.  iStock. Reducing methane emissions took center stage at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow ending Friday. More than 100 countries pledged to reduce their methane emissions by 30% over the next decade. Methane is a significantly more potent yet shorter-lived greenhouse gas, making it a […]

Premier Xi Jinping’s Geopolitical Methane Hydrate Feedback Loop Challenge

“Without quick action to curb CO2 emissions, global warming is likely to increase by 4 degrees Centigrade (7.2 degrees Fahrenheit) above today’s normal during the 21st century and that is dangerously close to the temperature of 6 degrees Centigrade above normal that initiated the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago when 96% of all […]

Atmospheric methane levels surge in 2020 to highest level in millions of years

A new report from NOAA confirmed that global atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are at the highest level ever in the last 3.6 million years. The increasing trend exemplifies a “vicious cycle of global heating,” according to NOAA. While 60 percent of methane emissions are said to be caused by human activity, researchers blame U.S. oil […]

Was the Cabo Delgado massacre a curtain call for Mozambique’s methane capitalism?

Written by  Joan Martinez-Alier  and Patrick Bond  Now in retreat, Total talked “net zero” emissions while pursuing ultra-risky gas extraction On March 26, In a tropical site of great beauty and a centuries-old peasant lifestyle, scores of local residents and a few foreign workers died violently, as a major French oil company allied to a […]

The fatal consequences of high atmospheric methane levels

It is hard to think of a more Orwellian expression than that describing the increase in toxic atmospheric methane gas as “gas-led recovery.” Several of the large mass extinctions of species in the geological past are attributed to an increase in atmospheric methane (CH₄), raising the temperature of the atmosphere and depriving the oceans from oxygen. Nowadays […]

Menacing Methane – An Analysis

“The story of methane really is a story of a very serious definitive threat to our future existence on this planet.” (Peter Wadhams) Legendary Arctic explorers Sir James Clark Ross, who located the northern magnetic pole in 1831 and Sir William Edward Parry, who set a record in 1827 for the Farthest North exploration serve […]

Researchers discover 900 new methane seeps off the Oregon coast near the Cascadia Subduction Zone

     For the past two years, scientists from Oregon State University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have surveyed the Pacific Northwest near-shore region mapping sites where underwater bubble streams signify methane gas is being released from the seafloor. And what they have found is eye-opening. Since the first evidence of underwater methane […]

What You Didn’t Know About West Virginia Strike + FBI Geeks & Methane Leaks

What You Didn’t Know About West Virginia Strike + FBI Geeks & Methane Leaks Above Photo: Youtube.com/ Screenshot This week on Act Out! Fracking, fires and methane leaks oh my. The geeks are watching you and here’s a solution to student debt. Finally, the strike in West Virginia may be over but the fight continues. […]

Protests In India Against Import Of Methane Gas

Above Photo: From timesofindia.indiatimes.com KOCHI: Njarackal police removed protesters from the Puthuvype LNG import terminal of the IOC on Wednesday after they allegedly disrupted the functioning of the plant. According to police, as many as 204 protesters were arrested and removed from the spot. The arrested persons were booked under sections 188, 283, 143, 145 147 and 149 of […]

CIA Agent Expects To Be Extradited To Italy

Print Friendly Above Photo: AP. Sabrina de Sousa says that she does not know when she will be taken to Italy A former CIA agent has said that she expects to be extradited imminently from Portugal to jail in Italy for her alleged role in the 2003 abduction of a terror suspect in Milan. Sabrina de […]

Why living near a landfill can give you lung cancer

(NaturalNews) Living within 3 miles of a landfill significantly increases the risk of developing lung cancer and other serious lung diseases, according to a recent study. A team of researchers in Italy conducted the study, which involved nearly 250,000 subjects living within 3 miles of landfills, whose health was monitored for five years […]

‘Disaster is Imminent’… Constitutional Attorney: "States Have The Legal Authority To Defend Border Under Constitution"

Iran, Switzerland to resume energy ties negotiations

TEHRAN, Feb. 27 (Shana) – Iran and Switzerland are expected to resume negotiations on energy cooperation including a gas agreement which was signed in 2008 as the Swiss President Johann Schneider-Ammann arrived here on Friday for bilateral negotiations following removal of anti-Iran sanctions. This gas contract was signed between National Iranian Gas Export Company (NIGEC) […]

International Actions To Stop The TPP

Print Friendly Above photo: The World is Rising March in Washington, DC in November, 2015. On February 4, 2016, President Obama will sign the TransPacific Partnership (TPP). The signing ceremony will be held in Auckland, New Zealand. Following the signing, Congress will still have to pass implementing legislation before the TPP can be put into place. […]

Pentagon report: U.S. warships unreliable, unable to deal with routine threats

     The US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship struggled in drills at sea when it was tasked with deflecting a small group of attacking ships, according to a report published by the Pentagon. During the exercise, held in August and September 2015, the LCS (Littoral combat ship) class ship was able to repel the attack, but […]

Surging Twixt Converging Worlds

Zen Gardner, GuestWaking Times “Between two worlds life hovers like a star, twixt night and morn, upon the horizon’s verge.” – Lord Byron There is a lot of evaluating and assessment going on right now. Where are we heading? The trajectory of at least the outside world is certainly not a good one. What about our […]

Instigating Change in 2016: One Small Step

20th January 2015 By Open Contributing Writer for Wake Up World The New Year is a time of change where, often, we contemplate new energies coming into our lives and how we might best instigate change. What does your soul really ache for? This has to be beyond something whimsical and short lived — just […]

59 Indigenous Corn Varieties at Risk as Monsanto Eyes Mexico

Home > 59 Indigenous Corn Varieties at Risk as Monsanto Eyes Mexico Lorraine Chow, Eco WatchWaking Times Mexico’s unique and treasured native corn varieties could be under threat as Monsanto, the world’s largest seed producer, vies to plant genetically modified (GMO) corn in the […]

American Dental Association threatens manufacturer of mercury detection equipment to stop talking about toxic levels of mercury in dental offices

(NaturalNews) The American Dental Association (ADA) is the leading proponent for installing mercury-based fillings into the mouths of millions of people. The ADA states on their website that, “Dental amalgam is considered a safe, affordable and durable material that has been used to restore the teeth of more than 100 million Americans. It […]

‘Disaster is Imminent’… Constitutional Attorney: "States Have The Legal Authority To Defend Border Under Constitution"

Graham Hancock’s Incredible Collective Evolutionary Perspective

Recently I was privileged to watch a presentation by Graham Hancock, author of the newly released and certain best seller Magicians of the Gods: The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth’s Lost Civilization. Graham Hancock is continuing the rogue archeological tradition of Chariots of the Gods by Erik von Daniken and more recently the Ancient Aliens series on […]

‘Pray for us’: Libya issues ‘cry for help’ as Islamic State advances on oil fields

     “We are helpless and not being able to do anything against this deliberate destruction to the oil installations. NOC urges all faithful and honorable people of this homeland to hurry to rescue what is left from our resources before it is too late.” That’s from Libya’s National Oil Corp and as you might have […]

Republicans, administration spar on visa travel for Iran

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top GOP lawmakers accused the Obama administration Wednesday of ignoring congressional intent and the spirit of the law in offering reassurances to Iran about new visa rules. “There is no ambiguity,” said House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California. “The administration should follow the law as written and agreed to.” At issue […]

French President: ‘Security Services Exaggerate Terror Threat to Justify Security Measures’

     In 2009, before he was President, Francois Hollande appears to have been much more perspicacious about the nature of the ‘terror threat’, including the way in which authorities can and do exaggerate that threat to justify draconian legislation that deprives innocent people of their freedoms and civil liberties. What happened in the interim Mr. […]

Nest cavity competition may threaten an endangered Tasmanian songbird

How to protect your chicks from predators? Build a dome over them! There is tremendous diversity among the nests of birds, in nest location, structure, materials, and more, but we know very little about the forces that shaped … Source Article from http://phys.org/news/2015-11-cavity-competition-threaten-endangered-tasmanian.html

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