{"id":4546,"date":"2013-03-12T09:45:32","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T16:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/envirobeat.com\/?p=4546"},"modified":"2013-03-12T09:45:32","modified_gmt":"2013-03-12T16:45:32","slug":"an-energy-coup-for-japan-%e2%80%98flammable-ice%e2%80%99-nytimes-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/envirobeat.com\/?p=4546","title":{"rendered":"An Energy Coup for Japan – \u2018Flammable Ice\u2019 – NYTimes.com"},"content":{"rendered":"
‘TOKYO \u2014 Japan said Tuesday that it had extracted gas from offshore deposits of methane hydrate \u2014 sometimes called \u201cflammable ice\u201d \u2014 a breakthrough that officials and experts said could be a step toward tapping a promising but still little-understood energy source.’<\/p>\n