A Storehouse of Greenhouse Gases Is Opening in Sibera

"In the permafrost bottom of the 200-meter-deep sea, enormous stores of gas hydrates lie dormant in mighty frozen layers of sediment. The carbon content of the ice-and-methane mixture here is estimated at 540 billion tons. "This submarine hydrate was considered stable until...

Fuel alternative helps revive a struggling Illinois farm region

"The sunrises seem brighter and the mood is jauntier in this rural village of 2,900 -- ever since ethanol, dreams of American energy independence and an economic shot in the arm came to town."

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