Waste Dive

Environmental groups petition to end federal grants for on-farm digesters

A new petition seeks to end the Rural Energy for America Program’s support for on-farm digesters, which environmental ...
Food & Water Watch

30+ Orgs Urge USDA to Limit Federal Support for Manure Digesters

Hundreds of millions of dollars intended to cut energy costs have been funneled to costly manure digesters, benefitting industrial-scale livestock operations.
Yahoo

Converting cow manure to fuel is growing climate solution, but critics say communities put at risk

PIXLEY, Calif. (AP) — The stench of cow feces, urine and ammonia forces residents to keep windows and doors closed in parts of California's farming country. Some people constantly run air purifiers at ...
The Gazette

‘More manure means more energy’: Iowa dairies with biogas digesters are growing their herds, which concerns water quality advocates

Technician Blake Iske looks out over farmland adjacent to the Marshall Ridge Renewable Energy Center in State Center on Sept. 18. The facility’s three anaerobic manure digesters extract methane from ...