ABC Testifies at Senate Agriculture Committee Hearing
Thursday, ABC Director, Farmer and Owner of the AgriReNew Biogas System and Sievers Family Farms, Bryan Sievers, testified before the Senate Agriculture Committee. The hearing focused on implementation of the 2018 Farm Bill. In his testimony, Mr. Sievers highlighted...
Senate Interior Appropriations Bill Requires EPA to Act on eRINs
The RFS Power Coalition today applauded the passage of H.R. 3055 (116), the Senate’s Interior Appropriations bill. The Interior-EPA portion of the spending package includes a provision led by Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) requiring the EPA to take swift action on...
Summit Begins Offering Customers Renewable Choice in Maine
Starting today, customers of ABC member Summit Natural Gas of Maine (Summit) now have a renewable choice, thanks to the company’s voluntary renewable attribute program that was recently approved by the Maine Public Utilities Commission (MPUC). “Our renewable program...
Hawai’i Gas and DMT Clear Gas Solutions win “Project of the Year” at ABC’s Biogas Industry Awards 2019
“The ability to transform our sewage into RNG will make Honolulu more resilient and sustainable, and I congratulate Hawai‘i Gas and DMT for being recognized as the ‘Project of the Year’ by such a highly regarded trade group like the American Biogas Council,” said...
US not-for-profit to advise Bioenergy DevCo project under new agreement
US firm Maryland Environmental Service (MES) will provide extensive operational expertise to ABC member Bioenergy DevCo on two new anaerobic digestion projects in Maryland. MES, a not-for-profit, will help the anaerobic digestion construction firm as it designs,...
Vanguard Renewables, VGS Awarded for Anaerobic Digester Project
ABC members Vanguard Renewables and Vermont Gas (VGS) received the 2019 American Biogas Council Up-an-Coming Biogas Project award for the Goodrich Farm Anaerobic Digester project in Salisbury, Vt., at the organization’s awards ceremony on October 29. The project is a...
More Than 100 RNG-Powered Trucks Operating at L.A., Long Beach Ports
ABC member Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has announced a milestone of more than 100 trucks now powered by its Redeem renewable natural gas (RNG) at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in Southern California. The port trucking companies use the ultra-low-NOx Cummins...
Farmers could help solve the climate crisis—we just don’t invest in them
The natural mechanism of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is already available to us. We know that regenerative growing practices pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in the soil. But we do need to create the financial incentives for enough...
Philadelphians can opt for renewable natural gas come January
Philadelphia residents can choose different suppliers for natural gas to cook with and heat their homes. But if their choice is renewable natural gas, they’ve had no options. Until now. Starting in January, everyone in the city will be able to opt for renewable gas....