Proposed new methane ruling will rollback restrictions on methane emissions in the oil and gas industry. The Trump administration recently announced plans to curb regulation of methane gas emissions, a significant contributor to atmospheric warming. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has...
The US administration is currently undoing protection measures that were implemented specifically to protect endangered species, a move that conservationists believe will have dire consequences to plants and wildlife. The US Department of Interior recently announced a series of revisions...
Sewage sludge is the byproduct that remains after sewage is processed at a wastewater treatment plant. These biosolids can be applied to soils as a nutrient-rich fertilizer, added to a biodigester to produce biogas, or it can be used...
In response to Assembly Bill (AB) 617 (C. Garcia, Chapter 136, Statutes of 2017), The California Air Resources Board (CARB) established the Community Air Protection Program (CAPP or Program). The CAPP's primary goal is to reduce exposure to air pollutants...
The American Biogas Council (ABC), a trade organization representing the biogas industry in the US, has hailed the Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Act recently introduced by Congressmen Ron Kind and Tom Reed The bill (H.R. 3744), which was reintroduced July 12th,...
The average elevation above sea level in Florida is around 6 feet. That means, averaging at 300 feet, the local landfill is likely the highest point around any city in the Sunshine State. You might know landfills as the stinky...
Your aluminum cans and empty peanut butter jars make it to the blue bin. If you're a boomer and still read the newspaper, your daily serving of overpriced corporate garba...err, media makes its way to the blue bin as well....
The Arctic is not only getting hotter, it is warming faster than any other region on Earth, causing permafrost to melt, releasing methane as it thaws. A recent study conducted by scientists from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis...
The tiered methane observation program will use towers, aircraft, on-road vehicle surveys, post-meter residential and commercial measurements, and low-cost sensors to detect methane emissions. (Credit Berkeley Labs)[/caption] Methane, an abundant greenhouse gas more than 25 times more potent than carbon...
