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Submarine Methane Raises the Stakes

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network Mar 16, 2013 Japan has succeeded in pioneering the exploitation of vast reserves of undersea methane. It could be good news for a resource-hungry country and bad for an overheating planet. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How Bad Will It Be When the Permafrost Melts?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 23, 2013 If the Earth's average global temperature rises by another few tenths of a degree, a large area of Siberian permafrost will start to melt uncontrollably, releasing 160 to 290 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in the years that follow. But the dangers have been overhyped, a British climate scientist says. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Natural Gas Bubble

By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law Jan 5, 2013 The natural gas industry is waging an aggressive public relations campaign to bolster investor confidence, despite evidence showing that shale gas is an unreliable resource and that the production process releases large amounts of methane into the atmosphere. The natural gas industry is waging an aggressive PR campaign to bolster investor confidence, despite evidence that the production process releases large amounts of methane into the atmosphere. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Frack Fight

By Ellen Cantarow, TomDispatch Nov 20, 2012 In small hamlets in upstate New York, a loose network of activists is waging a guerrilla campaign not with improvised explosive devices or rocket-propelled grenades, but with zoning ordinances and petitions. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )