Collecting Chicken Poo to Prevent Accidents Keeping backyard chickens is a growing hobby and business for people living in both rural and urban areas. As this trend grows, more and more chicken owners are starting to recognize that chickens have...
To ensure the safety of both workers on landfill sites and the safety of the surrounding community, it is necessary to conduct regular inspections of leachate lines, typically every two years. A method that is commonly used for monitoring leachate...
High methane emissions undermine the argument that natural gas is better than coal in terms of its contribution to climate change. A recent study has found that 13 million metric tons of methane a potent greenhouse gas is emitted...
Opportunities Abound in the Anaerobic Digestion Sector Over the last few months there have been significant changes in government policy in various countries around the world that are expected to re-ignite the biogas sector and help it to fulfill its...
It seems the Trump administration is hellbent on shelving environmental legislation. The latest administration move to axe funding for NASA’s carbon monitoring system — a climate science research project that previously received $10 million a year to support the program...
Petroleum industry representatives have put pressure on the Trump administration to backtrack on the renewable fuel standard (RFS) — an energy policy that was introduced back in 2005 by President George Bush to give local biofuel producers access to the...
Credit: Mike Mozard/JeepersMedia via Flickr[/caption] The Advanced Biofuels Association (ABFA), supported by members of House Biofuels Caucus, have challenged the US Environmental Protection Agency in court after they recently granted hardship waivers for several small refineries, including some that are...
Nearly half of all Americans are exposed to outdoor air pollution that could potentially impact their health, according to a report recently published by the American Lung Association, which has been ranking US cities according to their air quality for...
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently published a report which outlines the economic impact that the biofuel and bioenergy industry has made in the US. The report measures factors such as economic growth, job creation and average household income...
