Inside the ‘Gates of Hell’: Turkmenistan’s 50-year inextinguishable fire pit
Turkmenistan's dictator has ordered the fiery crater be plugged, but closing the Gates of Hell is no trivial task.
Tag: natural gas
Satellite images detect massive gas leaks around the world
This could all be avoided, saving money and emissions.
Power companies are hindering the transition to renewable energy
Inertia in the system means that fossil fuel investments are still being prioritized.
Beijing shuts down its last coal power plant, replaces with natural gas
A step in the right direction.
Abandoned wells can be ‘super-emitters’ of greenhouse gas
Princeton University researchers have uncovered a previously unknown and potentially substantial source of methane emissions: abandoned oil and gas wells. ...
Natural gas is not a clean energy bridge, further studies find
A trio of newly published studies showed once again that natural gas is not a clean energy bridge - the studies ...
Natural gas does little to curb emissions and mitigate climate change
Coal fired power plant in Germany. US policymakers are considering substituting coal for natural gas by 2030 to tackle the ...
High level of arsenic contamination found in groundwater near fracking sites
Photo: Peak Oil Researchers at University of Texas at Arlington conducted tests on more than 100 water wells in Texas and ...
New affordable fuel cells might spark microgrid revolution – a new age of energy independency
A mockup of the fuel cell prepped for released by Redox Power Systems. There's been a lot of praise and ...
Transit buses fueled by natural gas more viable than diesel or electric
Researchers at Purdue University found that a local bus system running on natural gas is more economically feasible and less ...
New study links high levels arsenic and other contaminants to hydraulic fracking sites
A new study of 100 private water wells in and near the Barnett Shale showed elevated links of contaminants such ...
Shale gas isn’t a ‘clean bridge fuel’, study finds
There has been a lot of fuss lately about shale gas, which has become increasingly important in the past decade, ...