Factory Farm Gas
This Sh*t Stinks: Big Ag and Big Oil’s Dirty Biogas Scam
If you take Big Ag execs at their word, they’ve found the miracle solution to climate change. By converting the poop from cows into “biogas” or “renewable natural gas,” their…
Animal Law Podcast: The Case of the Cows, the Gas, and the Money with Kelsey Eberly and Skye Walker
"FarmSTAND attorneys Kelsey Eberly and Skye Walker join us on this episode to discuss an absolutely infuriating case, Blumm v Northwest Natural Gas Company. They explain how an increasing number…
Signs a Better Food System is Possible: FarmSTAND’s Accomplishments in 2024
2024 was an amazing year for FarmSTAND and the movement for a fair food system. It was our first full year as the only legal organization in the country dedicated…
Portland Business Journal: NW Natural accused of greenwashing with customer ‘Smart Energy’ program
"'They ignore the excess methane that's created by the cows, there are not reliable in measuring claimed emissions benefits, they're notoriously leaky (and) equipment can malfunction,' Kelsey Eberly, a senior…
Law360: Oregon Gas Customers Sue Over ‘Greenwashing’ Program
“This factory farm system that Northwest Natural has tricked its customers to buy into ‘is entrenching both industrial agriculture and fossil fuel infrastructure,’ Kelsey Eberly of FarmSTAND, an attorney representing…
Northwest Natural Gas Customers Sue Over ‘Greenwashing’ in Smart Energy Program
Oregon Northwest Natural Gas customers late yesterday sued the company over misleading claims at the heart of its Smart Energy program, which it advertises as a way for customers to…
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…
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,…