coal mine methane News
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New coal mine methane centre in Poland will save lives and tackle climate change
Coal production, transportation, storage and use account for roughly 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions. To reduce these emissions, which heavily contribute to global warming, one of the more effective near-term options at the production stage is the capture and use of methane from coal mines. In order to collect and disseminate best practices in sustainable methane management in coal mines, ...
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International Partnership Event in China Builds Momentum to Fight Climate Change
(Washington, D.C. - Oct. 31, 2007) The Methane to Markets Partnership Expo in Beijing this week has attracted more than 700 participants from 34 countries, demonstrating widespread international interest and commitment to a growing public-private partnership that cuts potent greenhouse gas emissions while promoting the use of clean energy. The expo, which began on Tuesday and runs through ...
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Guy Drouin honoured by Canada`s Clean50
Guy Drouin, President and CEO of Biothermica, Honoured by Canada's Clean50 Recognized as a leader of Canada's green economy Montréal, September 20, 2016 - Guy Drouin, President of Biothermica Carbone Inc., is among the recipients of the Canada's Clean50 award (www.clean50.com), which honours leaders from the research community, companies, non-governmental organizations and governments ...
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NHS Sustainable Development and CHP
Clarke Energy will be exhibiting at the 4th Annual NHS Sustainable Development Conference and Exhibition 2013 organised by govtoday. ‘January 2013 will see the launch of the consultation for the next NHS Sustainable Development Strategy 2014/15 – 2019/20. The new strategy will expand and build on the work laid out in the NHS Carbon Reduction Strategy of 2009 and set out the ...
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Epcon Seeking Companies in the Carbon Credit Market
Epcon has been in the business of manufacturing, selling, and developing patented technologies relevant to thermal oxidizers and regenerative thermal oxidizers since 1976, long before Climate Change was widely accepted as the theory its become. But as environmental concerns have steadily been mounting, the efficiency technologies comprising our oxidizers have also been steadily improving. ...
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EPA Targets $2 Million to Fight Climate Change with Projects in China, Russia, Seven Other Countries
(Washington, D.C. - Sept. 18, 2007) China, Russia, Argentina, Brazil, India, Korea, Mexico, Nigeria and Ukraine will have projects funded under the auspices of the Methane to Markets Partnership, an international effort promoting near-term, cost-effective projects that capture and use methane as a clean-energy source. EPA is announcing the award of $2 million for projects that will enhance the ...
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U.S. and China Address Energy Security and Environmental Stewardship in Strategic Economic Dialogue
(Washington, D.C.) Administrator Stephen L. Johnson and other members of the president's cabinet joined their Chinese government counterparts to discuss priority initiatives for energy and environmental cooperation. The discussions took place as part of the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) talks being held this week. 'Pollution knows no geographic or political borders. But by ...
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Wits bestows Senior Doctorate on icon of mining research
A formidable career’s worth of mining research achievements was recently documented by one of South Africa’s leading academics in his field, Professor Emeritus Huw Phillips; the thesis earned him a Doctor of Engineering from Wits University. Professor Emeritus Phillips, head of the Wits School of Mining Engineering from 1986 to 2009, has been a leading light in mine safety and health ...
By VUKA Group
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Methane: satellite data may improve emissions estimates
Greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories are significantly underestimating methane emissions from a region in the southwest of the United States, and potentially elsewhere, a new study has found. The authors of the study suggest that satellite data could be used to identify and quantify new sources of methane, such as fracking. Inventories of estimated GHG emissions, which are used by policymakers to ...
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Some Canadian rivers at risk of drying up
Some Canadian rivers are at risk of drying up as impacts of climate change intersect with growing water demand from the country's cities, industries and agriculture, a new WWF report has found. Canada's Rivers at Risk: Environmental Flows and Canada's Freshwater Future uses a scientific approach that focuses on the importance of water flow to examine the health of 10 Canadian rivers and reveals ...
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Methane to markets partnership spurs global GHG reductions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a new report that shows the international Methane to Markets (M2M) Partnership has significantly reduced methane emissions. In 2008, U.S.-supported M2M projects delivered methane emissions reductions of more than 26 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent, roughly the annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from 4.7 million ...
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SUCO introduces world’s most compact ATEX pressure switch
Product specification The series 0342/0343 is approved according to ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU and IECEx scheme for explosion protection zones 1+2 (gas), 21+22 (dust) and mining (methane and coal dust). The ATEX pressure switches with protection insulation of protection class II are suited for supply voltages up to 250 V. Like almost all SUCO pressure switches, the switching point can easily be ...
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The European Commission Joins Methane to Markets
(Washington, D.C. – September 24, 2007) The Methane to Markets Partnership marked a major milestone this week as the European Commission became its 21st partner. Methane to Markets is a public-private partnership that reduces greenhouse gas emissions by promoting the cost-effective, near-term recovery and use of methane, while providing clean energy to markets around the world. The addition of ...
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Methane Detection in Mine Ventilation Systems
Mining is big business, with the world’s 50 largest mining companies worth a total of 1 trillion dollars.1 Worldwide, the mining industry is responsible for the direct employment of 3.7 million people, with over 150 million indirectly supported by small-scale mining operations.2 Many other sectors, such as high-tech industry, are also entirely dependent on mined supplies of materials. ...
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Growth of Atmospheric Methane Stablizes, May Slow Global Warming
IRVINE, California, November 21, 2006 (ENS) - Levels of atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas, have stayed nearly flat for the past seven years after rising for more than two decades, according to new research led by a Novel Prize winning scientist at the University of California-Irvine. This finding indicates that methane may no longer be as large a global warming threat as ...
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Business Support for Policy Action on Climate Change Grows 20-Fold as the “Climate Declaration” Hits First Anniversary
On the heels of a new UN report detailing damaging and accelerating impacts of climate change, top business executives from IKEA, JLL, Mars Inc., Sprint and VF Corp. met today (April 11, 2014) with members of the CongressionalBicameral Task Force on Climate Change to discuss climate-related impacts on their companies, actions they are taking to reduce their companies’ carbon footprints, and ...
By Ceres
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Fact Sheet: Administration takes steps forward on climate action plan by announcing actions to cut methane emissions
The Obama Administration is committed to taking responsible steps to address climate change and help ensure a cleaner, more stable environment for future generations. As part of that effort, today, the Administration is announcing a new goal to cut methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 40 – 45 percent from 2012 levels by 2025, and a set of actions to put the U.S. on a path to ...
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