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• Urban grass might be greener, but that doesn't mean it's 'greener'

  Amy Townsend-Small, a UC assistant professor of geology and geography, shows the effects lawn management techniques have on greenhouse gas production in urban landscapes. She says there's a high energy cost associated with common lawn-care methods such as mowing, irrigation and fertilization due to more

• Breakthrough in hydrogen fuel production could revolutionize alternative energy market

  A team of Virginia Tech researchers has discovered a way to extract large quantities of hydrogen from any plant, a breakthrough that has the potential to bring a low-cost, environmentally friendly fuel source to the world. "Our new process could help end our dependence on fossil fuels," said Y.H. Pe more

• Petroleum use, greenhouse gas emissions of automobiles could drop 80 percent by 2050

  A new National Research Council report finds that by the year 2050, the U.S. may be able to reduce petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent for light-duty vehicles -- cars and small trucks -- via a combination of more efficient vehicles; the use of alternative fuels like biof more

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• Process Based Life-Cycle Assessment of Natural Gas from the Marcellus Shale

  The Marcellus Shale (MS) represents a large potential source of energy in the form of tightly trapped natural gas (NG). Producing this NG requires the use of energy and water, and has varying environmental impacts, including greenhouse gases. One well-established tool for quantifying these impacts i more

• Adsorption of CO2, CH4, and N2 on Ordered Mesoporous Carbon: Approach for Greenhouse Gases Capture and Biogas Upgrading

  Separation of CO2 and N2 from CH4 is significantly important in natural gas upgrading, and capture/removal of CO2, CH4 from air (N2) is essential to greenhouse gas emission control. Adsorption equilibrium and kinetics of CO2, CH4, and N2 on an ordered mesoporous carbon (OMC) sample were systematical more

• Impact of Office Productivity Cloud Computing on Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  Cloud computing is usually regarded as being energy efficient and thus emitting less greenhouse gases (GHG) than traditional forms of computing. When the energy consumption of Microsoft’s cloud computing Office 365 (O365) and traditional Office 2010 (O2010) software suites were tested and modeled, s more

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