EPA explores aligning 2030 food waste goal with UN target, official says
The U.S. EPA plans to make food waste reduction an important component of the Biden administration's efforts to reduce climate emissions, per comments an agency official shared during a panel discussion Monday on setting and reaching national food waste targets. The...
White House OMB reveals expected timelines of 2 RFS rules
The Biden administration has signaled its intent to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking to develop post-2022 Renewable Fuel Standard regulations before the end of 2021. A proposed rule to set annual RFS renewable volume obligations (RVOs) for 2021 and 2022 is...
Peoples Gas, Alliance Dairies partner to bring Florida RNG
Peoples Gas, Florida's largest natural gas distribution utility, has reached an agreement with Alliance Dairies to build, own and operate a renewable natural gas (RNG) facility on the dairy’s property in Trenton near Gainesville. The facility is expected to produce...
Senators urge EPA to approve eRIN pathway petitions
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.; Susan Collins, R-Maine; Angus King, I-Maine; Margaret Wood Hassan, D-N.H.; Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc.; and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., on June 14 sent a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Michael Regan urging him to allow renewable electricity...
CalBio brings two dairy RNG clusters online
ABC member California Bioenergy (CalBio) has brought two new dairy RNG projects online.The South Tulare project will collect, condition, and inject gas into the SoCalGas pipeline from digesters built at nearby dairies. By the end of the year, 15 dairy digesters will...
American Biogas Council Applauds Reintroduction of the Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Act
June 18, 2021 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Ron Kind (D-WI-03) and Tom Reed (R-NY-23) have reintroduced the Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Act demonstrating their continued support for the on-farm economy and the deployment of technologies that promote...
Vermont dairy farm receives national dairy award
The Goodrich Farm in Salisbury has been recognized with a 2021 U.S. Dairy Sustainability Award for Outstanding Dairy Farm Sustainability. The farm was one of three farms chosen nationally to receive the award and was selected for its many sustainable initiatives...
Welcome New Member: BioConstruct LP!
BioConstruct LP is an independent biogas system project developer set up to design, build and operate projects in the American biogas market. Based on the track record with more than 300 digester projects in Europe, we draw from the extensive experience of our sister...
Vanguard Renewables Hosts Webinar on Catalyzing a More Regenerative Food System
Join a free, virtual webinar by Vanguard Renewables and Sustainable Brands about the evolving, holistic approach to producing food while keeping the health of farming communities and our planet in mind: “Farm to Plate: How Companies and Consumers are Catalyzing a More...