Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas that is over 80 times stronger than carbon dioxide when trapping heat over a 20-year period. It accelerates global warming much faster than CO2. In California, ...

One of California’s biggest sources of methane pollution — its massive dairy industry — operates almost entirely without regulation. In fact, not only do the state’s largest dairies face no penalties ...

Jul. 1—ELLINGTON — At Oakridge Dairy, the cows are doing double duty — providing milk and sustainable energy. After breaking ground in November 2021, construction of the dairy's two million-gallon, ...

CORVALLIS - It's not easy running a successful dairy business right in the middle of one of Montana's fastest-growing counties. After all, not everyone appreciates cows or their byproducts. Dan Huls ...

Connecticut is set to unveil its first methane digester in Ellington next week. Fifth-generation farmer Seth Bahler and his team at Oakridge Dairy Farm have spent the better part of the last year ...

A methane digester is shown on a farm near Sacramento, Calif., in this 2016 file photo. Dominion Energy is launching a $200 million effort to convert methane from cow manure into natural gas.

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has conducted yet another in a series of academic analyses verifying the climate benefits of dairy digesters and the minimal impacts to neighboring ...

OUTLOOK - After years of failing to generate a profit by selling electricity generated from cow manure, Dan DeRuyter of George DeRuyter & Sons dairy in Outlook is ready to give the natural gas market ...

One of Idaho’s largest dairies plans to add an anaerobic digester to its operations. Rock Creek Dairy in Filer, which is owned and operated by Bettencourt Dairies LLC, plans to use the digester to ...

More than a decade ago, California helped spark a boom in biofuels — produced from plants or animal waste — with its first-of-its-kind Low Carbon Fuel Standard. The program forces carbon-intensive ...