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MIT Researchers Elucidate Model for Escape of Underground Methane in Frozen Regions; Current Rate of Escape May be Much Faster Than Earlier Believed

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Graphic / Ruben Juanes, MIT. Researchers at MIT have elucidated how underground methane in frozen regions—e.g., Some scientists have associated the release, both gradual and fast, of subsurface ocean methane with climate change of the past and future. Video / Ruben Juanes and Antone Jain, MIT. Click to enlarge.

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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

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I engaged in integrated resource planning for the two investor-owned utilities in Oregon—PGE and Pacific Power. And Oregon is pretty transparent. So when I went to MIT to do my Ph.D., Jenkins: We have to shut down coal plants as fast as is feasible because they’re by far the most environmentally damaging.

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