University researchers are studying a peculiar source of energy on a dairy farm about an hour north of the Twin Cities. The energy is derived from methane gas produced by the manure of the 800-plus ...
In Japan, a smelly waste product is being reimagined as a potential clean fuel of the future that is powering cars and tractors.
Richard Heath, chief executive officer of the Zero Net Emissions Agricultural Cooperative Research Centre housed in the ...
especially considering the majority of those methane emissions are coming from farms with 3000-5000 cows, not 30-40.” Price agrees that adding sugar kelp grown in Maine won’t work for everyone ...
Methane is a greenhouse gas that, molecule for molecule, traps heat in the atmosphere more effectively than carbon dioxide, ...
Grass-fed beef has no climate benefit — even when taking into account that healthy pastureland can trap carbon, according to ...
A methane digester converts manure into renewable ... and deny animals access to open pastures. Critics call farms with over 500 cows "Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations," "mega-dairies ...