dairy farms
Dairy farmers expect to reach target for climate measures
A new report says the state’s dairy farmers are on track to cut emissions enough to meet 2030 climate goals. About half of the reduction could come from converting manure into a gas that does less harm than petroleum-based sources.
Tweaking cows’ diets can reduce climate-warming pollution
New York is one of the largest dairy-producing states in the nation. It’s home to more than 600,000 dairy cows. But Jenifer Wightman, a senior extension associate at Cornell University, says cows create more than milk. They also produce methane, a climate-warming gas.
One Michigan county tells the story of a nation plagued by water pollution
Farms housing thousands of animals are one of several sources contaminating the Pine River and dividing a mid-Michigan community.
Factory farming’s government-issued air pollution pass
The pollutants wafting from these operations are largely unregulated by the federal government.
Farm bankruptcies and tainted wells in Wisconsin
Manure, trash and wastewater: US utilities get dirty in climate fight
The use of renewable gas means significant volumes of methane that would have been produced anyway never reach the atmosphere.