California Dairy Farm’s New Biogas Project Makes History and Raises Eyebrows

Inside Climate News · By Steven Rodas · last updated August 29, 2026 – 1:03 AM

A Kerman business is reusing cow manure to create electricity and hydrogen. California calls the venture “groundbreaking,” but environmentalists worry credits that prop up the biogas industry end up harming communities.

By Steven Rodas

KERMAN, Calif.—One hundred degrees on a steamy Thursday afternoon and not much can be seen along the dust-blown avenue in Kerman. A school bus cruises by. Cows lap up water or feed behind a fence. A tractor crosses the road.

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