Madison, Wisconsin relaunching curbside organics pilot
Madison, Wisconsin will launch a "food scraps recycling" pilot in August. This is the Madison Streets Division's second attempt, after its first curbside organics collection pilot ended last year due in part to high contamination rates. . .To help reduce...
Governments in USA, Canada and United Kingdom are moving forward with biomethane and bioenergy
Here's an overview of recent biogas-related announcements from the US and around the globe from ABC member Biogas World. More >>
Secretary Perdue Announces Kansas City Region as Location for ERS and NIFA
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will relocate the Economic Research Service (ERS) and National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to the Kansas City Region. “Following a rigorous site selection...
Biogas Operator Training Underway This Week in WI
This week, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh is hosting the American Biogas Council for its 5-day Biogas System Operator Training. Students, who are mostly current or aspiring digester operators are learning how to optimize performance of their biogas system and...
Smithfield and Roeslein Alternative Energy Marches Forward with Renewable Energy Projects
Smithfield Foods, Inc. is pleased to announce the construction of new biogas gathering systems in Missouri and Utah, which bring the company steps closer to delivering renewable natural gas (RNG) to communities in multiple states using manure from its hog farms. In...
The new plan to remove a trillion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere: Bury it
Merely planting trees won’t get the world very far. Large and slower-growing trees can sequester more carbon than smaller plants, but the world faces dramatic deforestation and has enormous agricultural needs. Farming seems like a practical focus for how to mitigate...
It is time to protect California’s energy diversity
Everywhere one looks, we see the value of diversifying. If all your eggs are in one basket, you are more vulnerable should something happen to your basket. Diversifying makes obvious sense. While California needs to harness its sun, wind and water to make us more...
Rising methane levels may be thwarting climate change efforts
The only emissions scenario that achieves Paris Agreement goals in climate models assumes that methane levels have been declining since 2010, when in fact they have been rising since 2007, she said. There may be other ways of keeping climate change under 2 degrees...
21 Members of Congress Send Letter to EPA Urging Processing of Outstanding RFS Applications, Including Electricity
Washington, DC – June 10, 2019 –Last week, a letter signed by 21 members of Congress, led by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) and Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME), was sent to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler urging the EPA to “expeditiously review and...