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Study finds global rivers and streams emitting 3x IPCC estimates of the GHG N2O

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Human activities, including fossil fuel combustion and intensive agriculture, have increased the availability of nitrogen in the environment. Clifford Dahm of the University of New Mexico; Walter Dodds of Kansas State University; Nancy Grimm of Arizona State University; Sherri Johnson of the US Forest Service in Corvallis, Ore.;

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DOE to fund 14 research projects on deepwater and Arctic methane hydrates; potential future energy supply

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Methane hydrate can form in Arctic and marine environments. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 14 new research projects that will be a part of an expanding portfolio of projects designed to increase the understanding of methane hydrates’ potential as a future energy supply. University of New Hampshire.

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Researchers find that abiotic methane can charge deepsea Arctic gas hydrates

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Researchers from the Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate (CAGE) at the Arctic University of Norway have discovered a growing Arctic abiotic methane- and methane hydrate–charged sediment drift on oceanic crust in the deep Fram Strait of the Arctic Ocean.

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US DOE awards ~$5M to expand research on methane hydrates

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The project will provide a powerful new modeling tool to optimize future hydrate production-related testing and to provide a higher understanding of how hydrate systems react to induced or natural changes in their environment. ?DOE Geological Survey and the University of New Hampshire on the project.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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the Environment. Alternative Fuels Markets in New England will work to diversify the. availability of transportation fuels across Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. between northern New England states; evaluating regulations that inhibit. petroleum reduction strategies. Center for.

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US DOE Awards $37 Million for Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Development

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The project will develop a new device called the Galloping Hydrokinetic Energy Extraction Device that will convert fast-moving river currents into an oscillating motion that will drive a dielectric elastomer generator (DEG). The DEG will generate electricity without the need for rotors or other moving parts. DOE Funding: $240,000.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

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IT’S NOT ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT, IT’S ABOUT SPINNING THINGS FAST. The environment? I want to spin things really fast and not hurt the environment when I’m doing it. Well, I’d love to retire to along one of the rivers in New Hampshire where you have a cotton gin. …” I mean they have the number.

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