Tag: "methane"
Methane Moves From Landfill to Fuel Tank
Trash that ends up at a landfill is the ugly stepsister of hipper, cooler compostable kitchen scraps and recyclable bottles and cans. But landfill trash has more of a future than you might think.
Post on Jan 23, 2012 by Jennifer Skene from QUEST Northern California
Petroleum in the Bay Area
California's early oil districts included Half Moon Bay and the Santa Cruz Mountains. You can still find oil and gas around these parts.
Post on Jul 14, 2011 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
Reporter's Notes: Cow Power Not Cutting It
A handful of dairies across California are capturing the climate change emissions produced by their cows. But they're running headlong into another environmental problem.
Post on Aug 27, 2010 by Lauren Sommer
Flash! Lakes Confirmed in Titan's Northern Hemisphere!
In a literal flash of insight, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has confirmed the existence of lakes of liquid in the Northern Hemisphere of Saturn's moon, Titan.
Post on Jan 01, 2010 by Ben Burress
Methane on Mars? Moooooooo!
Methane on Mars? Really? What does that mean? If you know anything about the source of most of Earth's atmospheric methane gas, you already know the answer: possible life.
Post on Jan 30, 2009 by Ben Burress
Have sewage, will travel
Unless our sewage happens to end up in the Bay and in the headlines, most of us probably never give a second thought to where our wastewater is headed each time we run the tap or flush the toilet. To learn more about the travels of sewage, I took a tour of the Las Gallinas [...]
Post on May 06, 2008 by Ann Dickinson
Cashing in on Carbon
When football fans tune in on Super Bowl Sunday next weekend, they'll be watching a greener Super Bowl, according to the NFL. Demand for carbon credits is booming, with companies from Dell Computer to Enterprise Rent-a-Car offering their customers offsets with their purchases. But critics are concerned that consumers don't know what they're buying – [...]
Post on Jan 24, 2008 by Lauren Sommer from QUEST Northern California
