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Researchers find that abiotic methane can charge deepsea Arctic gas hydrates

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These only form in slow- to ultraslow-spreading seafloor crust, said Joel Johnson, an associate professor at the University of New Hampshire, lead author, and visiting scholar at CAGE. This is the case at Knipovich Ridge, where sediments cap the ocean crust at water depths up to 2000 meters. —Joel Johnson.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

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It’s also got a state of the art in-wall vacuuming system but it’s got no solar panels or solar hot water because that wasn’t part of the builders vision for their “dream house.&#. When I got back from Japan in 2000 I didn’t want to start a computer business. Pumping things, water pumping.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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It covers ten Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont). RGGI was the first regional cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases in the United States. The Stringency of the Cap.

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