Welcome New Member: Align RNG!
Dominion Energy and Smithfield Foods have teamed up to convert biomass into renewable energy. Align Renewable Natural Gas (RNG)℠ is a new company that has the rare ability to align the interests of farmers, food processors, neighbors, municipalities, energy consumers,...
EPA opens Section 610 review of RFS
The U.S. EPA published a notice in the Federal Register June 24 announcing it has opened a review of the Renewable Fuel Standard under Section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act...The review aims “to determine if the provisions that could affect small entities...
EPA’s air pollution chief steps down after ethics probe raises new questions
[Bill Wehrum is the head of the Office of Air and Radiation which administers the Renewable Fuel Standard.] The former utility lawyer who led much of President Donald Trump’s rollback of pollution regulations will leave the Environmental Protection Agency — a move...
OPINION: Renewable gas is how city should roll
By Joanna Underwood of ABC member Energy Vision | New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority is joining Santa Monica, Los Angeles Transit and a growing number of other transit fleets in adopting ultra-low carbon renewable natural gas (R.N.G.). Every fleet...
Greenlane secures new CDN $3.4 million biogas upgrading contract
Greenlane Renewables Inc., an ABC member, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Greenlane Biogas North America Ltd., has secured a new CDN $3.4 million-dollar biogas upgrading contract. Greenlane will provide its water-wash technology solution for a municipal...
Is NYC Ready for the Green New Deal?
As the United States explores the possibility of a nationwide Green New Deal, New York City is pushing full speed ahead with its own plan. New York City’s Green New Deal comprises $14 billion in new and committed investments, legislation and concrete action at the...
Fueling Trash Trucks With RNG
[Published by ABC member BioCycle Magazine] By the end of 2019, the City of Longmont, Colorado, expects to be fueling 11 new trash trucks with compressed natural gas (CNG) from the biogas that is currently flared at its wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) anaerobic...
Lawsuit challenges constitutionality of NC laws protecting hog industry from nuisance actions
State lawmakers allegedly violated the North Carolina constitution when they passed legislation that stripped residents of their right to sue industrialized hog operations for nuisance, according to a legal complaint filed this week. The complaint, filed in state...
Boston aims for 80% recycling rate by 2035, plans organics pilot
Boston's first "zero waste" plan has been released, setting an 80% recycling rate target by 2035 and 90% by 2050. The current citywide recycling rate is 25%. The estimated price tag for all 30 recommendations is $58 million per year, but the city expects it could save...