A new study shows that systems designed to capture methane from cow manure, called dairy digesters, are highly effective. But on the rare occasions they fail, the leaks are large enough to offset ...

A new study from the University of California, Riverside offers a nuanced assessment of dairy manure digesters, finding the systems significantly reduce methane emissions overall but can lose much of ...

There are 250,000 milk-producing cows (and goats) in Washington.

At first glance, Lent Hill Dairy Farm in Steuben County, New York, looks like most other industrial dairies. There are red ...

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 ...

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.

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dickinson College Farm has started a methane digester that will annually divert 115 tons of cafeteria waste and turn manure ...

Energy is a significant tool for expansion, yet humanity’s dependence on fossil fuels has led to environmental fading, a shift in the climate, and health challenges 1,2. Insufficient energy supply and ...

A new study shows that systems designed to capture methane from cow manure, called dairy digesters, are highly effective. But on the rare occasions they fail, the leaks are large enough to offset ...