Climate & Environmental Protection
NPR: How dairy farmers are cashing in on California’s push for cleaner fuel
California is trying to cut greenhouse emissions from the state’s cars and trucks, and in a controversial twist, its efforts are putting cash in the pockets of dairy farms across…
The Guardian: California subsidies for dairy cows’ biogas are a lose-lose, campaigners say
A coalition of climate, environmental and animal welfare groups is calling for California to remove the huge subsidies provided to dairy farms to turn animal waste into a form of…
California regulators reject petition request to immediately initiate rulemaking to end credits for factory farm gas, despite adverse local pollution impacts
Sacramento, Calif. — Executive Officer of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Richard Corey unilaterally rejected a petition request from a coalition of environmental justice, animal protection, and community groups…
Civil Eats: Public Interest Groups Urge the EPA to Regulate Factory Farm Emissions
Since 2005, large-scale livestock operations have skirted air pollution laws under a deal with the second Bush administration. Now, advocates are petitioning the EPA to do its duty.
Inside Climate News: Groups Urge the EPA to Do Its Duty: Regulate Factory Farm Emissions
Advocacy organizations petition federal regulators to rescind a George W. Bush deal that shields industrial animal feeding operations from clean air laws.
Climate credits for factory farm gas violate civil rights, fail to achieve climate benefits, states petition submitted to CARB
One of California’s premier climate programs, the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), is dramatically overstating the climate benefits of using methane gas sourced from factory farms as a transportation fuel,…
Legal Petition Challenges EPA Inaction on Factory Farm Air Pollution
As President Biden continues to promise that his administration will address the climate crisis and protect the air we breathe from industrial polluters, 24 advocacy organizations are demanding Biden’s EPA…
Grist: There’s a major gap in the new methane pledge: Agriculture
Last week, the United States and European Union launched the most ambitious plan to date to slash global methane emissions. The Global Methane Pledge, which reportedly already has the support of…
Climate, Environmental Justice Groups Call US-EU Methane Reduction Commitment a Long Overdue First Step
Today, environmental justice, rural community and environmental groups across the United States recognized the U.S. and European Union’s joint pledge to reduce methane emissions by 30 percent from 2020 levels…