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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., Video / Ruben Juanes and Antone Jain, MIT. Left : underground methane gas as it begins to invade fine-grain sediment (shown in yellow) by creating a fracture. Click to enlarge. Ruben Juanes.

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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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