California Residents Challenge Methane Policy They Say Pollutes Under the Guise of Clean Energy

California residents challenge methane policy they say pollutes under the guise of clean energy

Residents in California’s Central Valley are pushing back against a state-backed program that incentivizes methane digesters at industrial dairies, arguing it locks in pollution and worsens environmental health in Latino communities.Ray Levy Uyeda reports for Prism.In short:California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) subsidizes methane digesters at large dairies, but critics say the policy encourages dairy expansion and entrenches fossil fuel i…

California misleadingly markets farm-generated methane as 'earth-friendly'

Take California’s Highway 5 two hours north of Los Angeles and veer right onto Highway 99. In 50 miles, you’ll reach Pixley, a small town of about 4,000 with one doctor’s office, no grocery store, and nearly 140,000 bovine neighbors.  It’s only relatively recently that Pixley’s residents became surrounded by the dairy industry; its milking parlours, massive barns, manure lagoons, and now, specialized equipment designed to capture, create, and tr…