Methane

Methane pollution much higher in Pennsylvania than the state admits, warns environmental group

March 10, 2018 -

Posted by Edsel Cook

(Natural News) A new analysis warned that the Pennsylvania gas industry is under-reporting the extent of their methane emissions. They’re belching as much as twice the amount of air pollution they officially report to the state, reported a StateImpact news article. The warning comes from the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), whose researchers analyzed 16 peer-reviewed studies for […]

in: Air pollution, Climate change, Energy, Environment, Environment, Fossil fuel, Fracking, Greenhouse gases

Beyond oxygen: Looking for possible alien life that may not require an atmosphere with oxygen

February 3, 2018 -

Posted by Frances Bloomfield

(Natural News) The presence or absence of oxygen can determine whether or not a planet can support life. It’s a strategy that many alien life hunters continue to use until this day. It holds true for our very own planet. However, a recent study has put forth the bold suggestion of looking for two other […]

in: Alien life, Science, Space, Space Exploration

Cool multi-use invention: Street lamp powered by dog poop has proven to be a successful green energy and waste management combo in the U.K.

January 4, 2018 -

Posted by Frances Bloomfield

(Natural News) From littering walkways and streets to illuminating them, dog poop may soon be fueling streetlamps across the United Kingdom. That’s already happening in Malvern Hills, an iconic landscape in England and home of the United Kingdom’s first dog poop-powered street lamp. The brainchild of Brian Harper, a member of the environmental group Transition […]

in: Animals, Environment, Science & Tech, Scientific Achievements, Technology

Scientists have figured out how to produce a fuel that is cheap AND clean

September 28, 2017 -

Posted by Russel Davis

(Natural News) Researchers at the Cardiff University in the U.K. recently discovered a cheaper and cleaner way of producing methanol from methane using oxygen from the air. Methanol was traditionally manufactured by converting methane into hydrogen and carbon monoxide at high temperatures, and then undergoing a second highly pressurized process to reassemble the chemicals in a different […]

in: Chemtrails, Environment, Environment

Deforestation impacts climate change more than fossil fuel use, new study finds

September 25, 2017 -

Posted by Isabelle Z.

(Natural News) Curbing the use of fossil fuels is often singled out as the best way to tackle climate change, but a new study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters shows that the problem of deforestation should not be overlooked as it contributes far more to climate change than once believed. The new paper, […]

in: Climate change, Energy, Environment, Environment

Physics breakthrough can use sunlight to directly transform CO2 into clean fuels like methane, without using fossil fuels

June 28, 2017 -

Posted by Jhoanna Robinson

(Natural News) Researchers at the University of Adelaide, in collaboration with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, have found a way to keep on using carbon-based fuel technologies without producing too much of the atmospheric greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) by doing away with fossil fuels. In the study that was published in the […]

in: Science, Scientific Achievements