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California wants farms to capture methane from cow manure. Neighbors say it’s killing them

California — the nation’s leading dairy-producing state — is home to 1.7 million milk cows, which belch and excrete copious amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas capable of warming the atmosphere 80 times more than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period.

How an Indiana County biodigester could turn manure to gas to the real cash cow: carbon credits

How an Indiana County biodigester could turn manure to gas to the real cash cow: carbon credits

Pennsylvania is too hilly and too fragmented to run manure pipelines, like they do in Ohio and Wisconsin, where some biodigester developers are turning cow manure into pipeline quality natural gas.

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Cow manure: An unexpected climate solution
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Cow manure: An unexpected climate solution

Historically one of the most polluting industries in California, dairy farms are stepping up to ambitious methane reduction targets.

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