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Webcast on "Saving Water & Energy -- Reducing Greenhouse Gases by Improving Efficiency"

Posted Wed, 2011/05/11 - 9:36am by RCAP

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Watershed Academy will sponsor a free webcast on "Saving Water & Energy -- Reducing Greenhouse Gases by Improving Efficiency" on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDT. This webcast addresses several programs in the water sector that can help communities make small changes that can lead to big reductions in greenhouse gases.

The Rural Blog: Researchers say hydraulically fractured shale releases more greenhouse gases than coal

Posted Tue, 2011/04/12 - 2:43pm by RCAP

One researcher's conclusion that "natural gas pried from shale formations is dirtier than coal in the short term" and "comparable" in the long term will be published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, giving it more credence, Mike Soraghan reports for Greenwire.