BIOGAS AMERICAS Tradeshow Almost Sold Out
This is your last chance to make sure your business has a booth at the tradeshow for BIOGAS AMERICAS - the largest and most important gathering for the entire North American biogas industry. It's 90% sold out today and we expect to sell out by the end of the month....
M-RETS is Hiring!
The Midwest Renewable Energy Tracking System (M-RETS) is a proprietary web-based platform that tracks Renewable Energy Certificates (“RECs”) and Renewable Thermal Certificates (“RTCs”). They currently have positions open for a Senior Developer, React Expertise and a...
Gas companies want to recycle your manure
Companies in the U.S. natural gas industry have begun to scale up a program to sell methane that's recycled from sources like hog-feeding farms and sewage plants as a replacement for natural gas drawn from wells. It offers an opportunity to reduce a potent greenhouse...
How Can Renewable Natural Gas Provide a Negative Carbon Impact?
The attention surrounding the benefits of renewable natural gas (RNG) is for good reason. The fuel can deliver negative emissions at an extremely low cost to consumers. Anything that good makes one wonder whether the science backs the claims. The truth is the science...
USDA is aiming to bump up food production while limiting pollution (in part, with biogas)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture rolled out an agenda it believes will benefit both agriculture and the environment in the long run. The department recently unveiled its “Agriculture Innovation Agenda,” which is focused on increasing U.S. agricultural production by...
New York State should consider using biomethane
Gretchen Persbacker's defense of renewable natural gas ("Renewable natural gas a valuable resource," Feb. 9) is so judiciously worded that it took me a second reading to realize that she was arguing for something that we can all agree on. Because I am wary of false...
New Jersey Food Waste Recycling Bill
The state Senate on Thursday passed and sent to Gov. Phil Murphy legislation that would require facilities such as supermarkets, restaurants and hospitals to separate and recycle their food waste. The bill also changes the definition of Class I renewable energy to...
Why CenterPoint Energy is pushing to test ‘renewable’ natural gas. And some environmental groups are so skeptical of it.
Electricity and vehicles powered by fossil fuels have faced scrutiny from clean power advocates and state officials looking to slash carbon emissions in Minnesota. But the future of natural gas used to heat two-thirds of homes and power appliances has also become a...
Brown University divests 90% of fossil fuel holdings
Brown University sold 90% of its investments in companies that extract fossil fuels and is liquidating the remainder, President Christina H. Paxson said in a letter to the campus community Wednesday. The University is also investing in wind, solar and possibly...