Methane capture, the process of using the decomposition of livestock byproducts like cow and hog manure to generate electricity, is a promising technology. It helps to resolve existing, and for the ...

A pilot program is looking into the potential for alleviating a dangerous greenhouse gas as well as the potential for tens of thousands of former landfills to help generate electricity. Thursday ...

The Loess Hills Regional Sanitary Landfill is one of a handful of landfills in Iowa that converts landfill gas into renewable natural gas. (Photo courtesy of Bret Stephens/Loess Hills Landfill) When ...

Aspen Skiing Co. says its plant that converts methane from a coal mine into electricity has proven to be an environmental and economic success since it opened in November 2012. Skico this week ...

There’s something intrinsically simple about the concept of carbon (CO 2) capture: you simply have the CO 2 molecules absorbed or adsorbed by something, after which you separate the thus captured CO 2 ...

The 550-acre Speedway Landfill is a mountain of decomposing food, plastic and other trash in Concord. It's right off U.S. 29 next to Charlotte Motor Speedway and rises more than 100 feet above the ...

Newer technology that has farmers and ranchers capturing methane from their livestock waste is better for the planet than not having it. Credit: Mark Stebnicki/Pexels Sign up for the Gazette's morning ...

Depending on how you measure, methane emissions in the atmosphere are up to 86 times more harmful than carbon-dioxide emissions. The abandoned coal mines near Redstone threaten the environment with ...

HOUSTON, Nov. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Archrock, Inc. (NYSE:AROC) (“Archrock”) and EnerVest, Ltd. (“EnerVest”) announced today the successful completion of a field pilot of Archrock’s ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – A University at Buffalo-led research team is developing new catalysts that aim to turn climate-warming methane emissions into useful commercial products. The work, described last month ...

Methane has a greenhouse effect 80 times worse than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period, and emissions are skyrocketing even as we start reducing CO2. That makes UCF's new hydrocarbon-capturing, ...

Sep. 26—Two area lawmakers have introduced a bill that will provide a tax credit for the capturing and repurposing of methane emissions from active and abandoned mines. The legislation, which is being ...