Jul 25 2011
Japan To Drill Seabed for ‘Burning Ice’
Japan will seek to extract natural gas from seabed deposits of methane hydrate, also known as "burning ice," in the world's first such offshore experiment.
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May 11 2011
Shale-Gas Drilling Contaminating Drinking Water
Methane leaks are contaminating drinking water near shale gas drilling sites in the northeastern United States.
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Apr 15 2011
Chrysler To Sell Natural-Gas Cars
The car company joins Honda in selling cars powered by compressed natural gas.
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Apr 12 2011
The Greenest Car You Never Heard Of
The Honda Civic GX runs on compressed natural gas, spews hardly any emissions and can go 250 miles on a single tank of fuel.
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Feb 25 2011
Oscars Go Green With Docs Category
The category finalists include films about natural gas extraction and people who make a living from recyclables.
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Jan 06 2011
Bugs Ate Up Methane From Gulf Spill
Some rare good news: Most of the methane released by the Deepwater Horizon blowout was digested by bacteria within four months.
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Jun 21 2010
U.S. Sidelined in Fight for Arctic’s Future
Held up in legislative limbo in the United States, the Law of the Sea treaty could give other nations the authority to tap into natural resources in the Arctic.
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May 30 2010
BP to Try New Way to Cap Oil Leak
BP will now attempt to place a box over the seafloor pipe to capture the oil and pump it to the surface.
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Mar 10 2010
China Eyes Combustible Ice for Energy
Combustible ice sounds like it belongs in Star Trek--and from the photos it looks that way, too. While the reality isn't that extreme, this energy source does involve high-seas adventure, phase changes, and environmental quandaries. Recently I saw a Xinhua ...
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Mar 10 2010
China Eyes Combustible Ice for Energy
Combustible ice sounds like it belongs in Star Trek--and from the photos it looks that way, too. While the reality isn't that extreme, this energy source does involve high-seas adventure, phase changes, and environmental quandaries. Recently I saw a Xinhua ...
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