Green Car Congress
JUNE 14, 2012
Produced water from coal-bed natural gas (CBNG) production may contain sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO 3 ) at concentrations that can harm aquatic life, according to a new study by the US Geological Survey; Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks; the Bureau of Land Management and the US Environmental Protection Agency.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 25, 2018
The project—Building Genome-to-Phenome Infrastructure for Regulating Methane in Deep and Extreme Environments ( BuG ReMeDEE )—was awarded a $6-million grant by the National Science Foundation in October 2017. This, the deepest mine in North America, began filling with water following its closure in 2002.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 19, 2011
It does so by reflecting sunlight back into space and by lowering the temperature of the surrounding air as the plants “exhale” cooler water. They measured temperature, reflectivity (albedo), and evapotranspiration—the water loss from the soil and from plants as they exhale water vapor.
Green Car Congress
JULY 8, 2011
EPA issued an order to ExxonMobil, pursuant to the Clean Water Act, directing the company to take a number of clean-up and restoration activities as a result of an oil spill into the Yellowstone River. EPA has initiated air and water quality sampling and will make the results available to the public as soon as the data are available.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 31, 2013
Approximately 4,500 barrels of oil and water (189,000 gallons US) have been recovered. Wabasca Heavy is a heavy oil from the Athabasca region obtained by polymer injection and water flooding and typically has a 19-20 API gravity and 4.15 It carries 90,000 barrels of oil per day, almost exclusively Western Canadian crude oil.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 23, 2013
They also generate environmental problems from degrading soil to runoff into rivers where they pollute fresh waters and coastal zones. However, there is only one recorded sighting of this bacterium, which grows in toxic environments. Artificial fertilizers are costly and are produced using vast amounts of fossil fuel.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 22, 2010
This is especially the case for those draining nitrogen-enriched urbanized and agricultural watersheds, highlighting the importance of managing nitrogen before it reaches open water. Human activities, including fossil fuel combustion and intensive agriculture, have increased the availability of nitrogen in the environment.
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