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Study finds methane emissions from coal mines ~50% higher than previously thought

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The results have important implications for Earth’s climate because methane is about 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide when it comes to warming the planet over a long period. In addition to coal mining, other major sources of methane emissions globally include wetlands, agriculture, and oil and gas facilities.

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Global Carbon Budget 2022: Global fossil CO2 emissions expected to grow 1.0% in 2022

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Growth in oil use, particularly aviation, and coal use are behind most of the increase in 2022. —Glen Peters, a Research Director at the CICERO Center for International Climate Research. CO 2 emissions from oil use are expected to grow 2.2% [0.9% for oil, 1.1% The decline in 2020 of -5.2% increase in 2021.

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JAL Conducts Successful Test Flight With Drop-in Biofuel Derived Primarily from Camelina

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We have proven that we can produce renewable jet fuel from sustainable resources that is a drop-in replacement eliminating the need for costly changes to the fuels infrastructure and transportation fleet. Sustainable Oils, Inc. Terasol Energy sourced and provided the jatropha oil, and the algae oil was provided by Sapphire Energy.

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Why Electric Vehicles Are the Future of the Automotive Industry

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Fossil fuels are a finite resource. That’s to say nothing of pollution and climate change. The World Resources Institute, cited above, shows that the rate of EV adoption is increasing every year, following something known as an S-curve. And they’re likely to increase, given the geopolitical climate.

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Researchers Produce Ethane and Other Heavier Hydrocarbons From Methane Under Deep Earth Conditions; Further Deep Carbon Research

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There has been some scientific debate for years over whether oil and natural gas hydrocarbons could have been created deeper in the Earth and formed without organic matter (abiogenic petroleum), in addition to their formation from living organisms that died, were compressed, and heated under heavy layers of sediment in the Earth’s crust.

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