California weighs ending climate credits for cow poop - Santa Maria Times
California weighs ending climate credits for cow poop | State and Regional | santamariatimes.com
As California seeks to lead the nation on battling climate change, perhaps no debate is more fraught than the one over climate credits for cow poop.
Calgren CEO Travis C. Lane walks through the facility, which produces natural gas from the methane collected at several farms with digesters.
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Maria Arevalo shows the CPAP mask she wears every night because of her sleep apnea
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A machine separates manure from wastewater being fed into the digester at Legacy Ranches.
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The digester system at Legacy Ranches.
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Holstein cows at the Airoso Dairy near Pixley. The farm is one of several that have digesters, which collect methane from cow manure that is sent to a facility to produce natural gas.
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Dairy owner Jared Fernandes stands on the digester on his farm the Legacy Ranches near Pixley
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Maria Arevalo stands in the backyard of her daughter’s home in Visalia. Arevalo, who has lived in Pixley for 47 years, says emissions from the dairy have affected her breathing.
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This article was originally published by CalMatters. Read more of their coverage of California state government on CalMatters.org.
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