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EPA says methane emissions from natural gas production have dropped 36% from 2007-2011

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The finding may have an impact on future regulation of fracking for natural gas production, as opponents of the technology have pointed to higher rates of methane leak as being an argument against it. The figure includes the direct effects and those indirect effects due to the production of tropospheric ozone and stratospheric water vapor.)

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Study Finds Controlling Soot May Be Fastest Method to Reduce Arctic Ice Loss and Global Warming; Second-Leading Cause of Global Warming After CO2

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Soot—black and brown particles that absorb solar radiation—comes from two types of sources: fossil fuels such as diesel, coal, gasoline, jet fuel; and solid biofuels such as wood, manure, dung, and other solid biomass used for home heating and cooking around the world. For perspective, net warming in the Arctic has been at least 2.5

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

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HDMI is great, but, not future proof, you need something that will still be a standard in 25 years. Low Ranked richii @ Apr 19th 2009 4:29PM for some reason this makes me think of the future. That being said, even a car that derives its energy from coal power plants would be far more clean. excluding coal power in china.