Nine electricity-producing methane digesters are under development throughout the state despite initial financing hurdles. Digesters, located on dairy farms, convert manure into electricity by ...

PIXLEY, Calif. (AP) — The stench of cow feces, urine and ammonia forces residents to keep windows and doors closed in parts of California's farming country. Some people constantly run air purifiers at ...

A California state grant program designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions results in the direct release of approximately 225,000 to 300,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide into the air each year, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas that is over 80 times stronger than carbon dioxide when trapping heat over a 20-year period.

There’s a “cow” in Sacramento State’s BAC Yard, but don’t expect it to moo. Sac State Sustainability’s new food waste digester not only turns kitchen scraps into safe, nutrient-rich fertilizer, it ...

Rather than wait on the shaky timeline of offshore wind production, the state should invest in developing these digesters to reach its climate goals. Anaerobic digesters could help state cut methane ...

The farm that Alice and Caleb Crothers inherited in 2015 was, like many dairy farms nationwide, struggling — but now, cow manure is helping to keep it going. Last fall, the Crothers started up a ...

California’s dairy community and others are worried the progress the dairy industry is making to reduce methane emissions using dairy digesters would be jeopardized by a bill before the state Senate.

BROOTEN, Minn. — More than 200 people attended the recent methane digester field day on Jerry and Linda Jennissen’s Brooten farm. The Jennissen’s methane digester pilot project uses the smallest ...

OhioHealth has been awarded a grant from SWACO to purchase a digester, advancing the organization’s commitment to ...