Global Climate Change


Solomon Associates Earns Patent for GHG Performance Assessment System

Energy consulting company’s methodology has been endorsed by the European Petroleum Industry Association as the basis for allocating GHG allowances in the EU.

EPA Finalizing GHG Reporting Rules for 4 Emissions Sources

The proposed rules, which also cover confidential business information, would require underground coal mines, industrial wastewater treatment systems, industrial waste landfills and magnesium production facilities to report their GHG emissions by the end of March 2012.

Scientists in China Create New Tool for Loss Prediction from Disasters

Bayesian network approach enables emergency planners to better predict, assess and manage natural and man-made catastrophes, according to developers.

ORNL Researchers Will Turn Heat Up in Arctic

The study team will warm a test area in Alaska to evaluate the ecosystem's response.

Missouri Scientists: EPA's GHG Estimates for Manure Lagoons May be Off

The team reviewed the method used by EPA for calculating possible greenhouse gas releases from agricultural anaerobic lagoons and found that the estimates of methane may be underestimated by as much as 65 percent.

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USGS Upgrades Streamgage Network Using Stimulus Funds

The U.S. Geological Survey has purchased $3.4 million of high tech electro-acoustic instruments from SonTek/YSI.

Energy Performance Indicators Give Industries Leg Up on Benchmarking

Energy Star program helps auto manufacturers and other industries cut their fossil fuel use and lower greenhouse gas emissions.



PV Solar Project Will Provide Energy, Data for EPRI Study

The Electric Power Research Institute will use a power purchase agreement for a photovoltaic solar energy system on its rooftop.

Panel: Balance of Low, High Risk Energy Action to Further Sustainability

A Minerals Metals & Materials Society panel completes first of two DOE-commissioned studies that are expected to help delineate an R&D portfolio for energy.

Study Debunks Comet Cause for Climate Change Theory

A study of carbonaceous spherules found that they existed before and after the abrupt climate change that occurred 12,900 years ago.

Alstom, Dow Technology to Demonstrate Carbon Capture in France

Using the Advanced Amine Process, the companies will test the efficiency of carbon dioxide capture at the Le Havre coal-fired electric power plant.

5th Circuit Punts on Global Warming Case, Prolongs Legal Limbo

Are federal courts getting too far ahead in their judgments on climate change issues?

CFC Replacements Act as Super Greenhouse Gases, Study Says

University of Arkansas research suggests hydrochlorofluorocarbons, which were meant to protect the ozone, may contribute to climate and acid rain problems.

EPA Analysis Finds American Power Act Strategy Affordable, EDF Says

The agency estimates that households will pay between $79 to $149 per year to further clean energy development.

New Brunswick Landfill Executes GHG Reduction Credits

Fredericton Region Solid Waste Commission has registered VER+ offset credits, which allows the organization to sell verified greenhouse gas emission credits.

China to Build Largest Coal Mine Methane Emissions Abatement System

The Datong mine ventilation air methane abatement system will use MEGTEC's Vocsidizer technology.

Team Offers Solutions to Arsenic-contaminated Water in Southern Asia

Deeper wells will be useful for safer drinking water, but not for irrigation water that relies on mechanized pumps that speed arsenic migration.