Read more methane stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4101/methane.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:12:40 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/62442/dairy-farmers-switch-feed-to-curb-burps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagVermont dairy farmers are changing their cows’ diets in an effort to fight climate change, the AP reports. Milk production accounts for 2% of the country’s greenhouse gases, the vast majority of which comes from the methane-rich burps of cattle. Now, 16 farms working with Stonyfield Farm Inc. are feeding...http://www.newser.com/story/62442/dairy-farmers-switch-feed-to-curb-burps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 21 Jun 2009 15:01:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61076/dairy-teams-seek-greener-cow-burps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCow belches have been called a bigger environmental threat than cars and trucks—and now dairy groups are taking steps to keep dangerous burps to a minimum, the New York Times reports. One Vermont farmer has seen his cows’ methane emissions drop 18% after boosting the alfalfa and flaxseed in...http://www.newser.com/story/61076/dairy-teams-seek-greener-cow-burps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 05 Jun 2009 9:26:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51868/new-enemy-in-climate-fight-methane-heavy-sheep-burps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBig oil, coal-fired power plants, automakers and now sheep: As governments look to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, researchers are looking seriously at livestock, believed to contribute more than cars via the methane gas they belch during digestion, the Wall Street Journal reports. To that end, researchers in New Zealand are trying...http://www.newser.com/story/51868/new-enemy-in-climate-fight-methane-heavy-sheep-burps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 26 Feb 2009 11:09:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49697/human-waste-helps-oslos-carbon-footprint.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNorwegian officials have hit on a novel, if gassy, alternative to carbon-spewing gasoline, Dave Demerjian writes in Wired . Starting in September, Oslo will capture methane, a byproduct of the process at its sewage treatment plants, and use it to power city buses. Norway hopes to use the gaseous human contribution...http://www.newser.com/story/49697/human-waste-helps-oslos-carbon-footprint.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Feb 2009 16:21:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48810/leave-space-to-robots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama is poised to chart a new direction for America’s exploration of the final frontier, writes the Economist . While George W. Bush supported continuing manned space exploration in the tradition of the previous century, Obama is considering scrapping some of NASA’s planned upgrades to the space shuttle program. This...http://www.newser.com/story/48810/leave-space-to-robots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 24 Jan 2009 2:58:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48047/methane-hints-at-life-on-mars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe discovery of high methane concentrations on Mars may hint that underground life exists on the red planet, the Houston Chronicle reports. Scientists funded by NASA and other institutions, using Earth-based telescopes, have found plumes of methane in such high concentrations they believe bacteria, which can also produce the gas...http://www.newser.com/story/48047/methane-hints-at-life-on-mars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Jan 2009 16:38:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47022/on-green-menu-roos-camels.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAustralians are being advised to save the planet by eating kangaroos and camels. A study of Australia's 1 million wild camels, descendants of camels imported as pack animals, recommends that their numbers be culled by hunting them for food, AFP reports. A separate study suggests that kangaroos be farmed for...http://www.newser.com/story/47022/on-green-menu-roos-camels.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Jan 2009 5:34:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45100/will-undersea-methane-kill-us-or-save-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf warnings about undersea methane are true, we can "kiss our winter boots goodbye," Kirsten Weir writes in Salon. In the doomsday scenario, vast stores of undersea gas deposits will melt and send heat-trapping methane into the atmosphere. But such a crisis would require a 10-to-15 degree Celsius shift, others...http://www.newser.com/story/45100/will-undersea-methane-kill-us-or-save-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 14 Dec 2008 12:46:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44350/even-planes-are-greener-than-this-guy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThis week ministers from 187 nations are gathering in Poland to discuss a new treaty on global warming, and one of the central issues will be not belching smokestacks but cows, pigs, and chickens. Rising global living standards have led to soaring meat consumption; emissions from livestock now generate 18%...http://www.newser.com/story/44350/even-planes-are-greener-than-this-guy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Dec 2008 7:45:09 CST