{"id":76866,"date":"2024-01-08T19:30:57","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T00:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/?post_type=project&#038;p=76866"},"modified":"2024-05-28T18:57:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T22:57:06","slug":"milking-it","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/project\/milking-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Milking It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-insideclimatenews-project-header alignfull\"><div class=\"project-header-content\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Milking It<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Big Ag Has Avoided Reporting the Largest Source of Methane Emissions in the Nation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"project-header-image\"><div class=\"image-holder\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GettyImages-1241728030.jpg')\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"icn-project-feed-block alignfull\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"icn-project-feed-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"icn-block icn-project-feed-section\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"posts-list\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\n<article id=\"post-73230\" class=\"featured-post post-73230 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-politics-policy tag-cafos tag-emissions tag-livestock tag-methane tag-texas local-texas topic-agriculture topic-super-climate-pollutants profile-georgina-gustin profile-peter-aldhous profile-phil-mckenna\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/18082023\/texas-dairy-among-states-biggest-methane-emitters\/\" class=\"entry-info\">\n\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tA Texas Dairy Ranks Among the State\u2019s Biggest Methane Emitters. But Don\u2019t Ask the EPA or the State About It.\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-subtitle\">An analysis by Inside Climate News, building on work by Climate TRACE, shows that tracking cattle emissions, site by site, is doable. But government databases specifically exempt agricultural operations from their greenhouse gas accounting.<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By Phil McKenna, Georgina Gustin, Peter Aldhous<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/18082023\/texas-dairy-among-states-biggest-methane-emitters\/\" class=\"image-holder\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Texas-Cow-Methane_N-Dumas-Dairy-Digesters_McKenna-900x600.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-large size-thumbnail-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Covered manure lagoons or dairy digesters capture methane emissions as cow manure decomposes. The black plastic tarps at the North Dumas Farms appear to be collecting biogas as of November, 2022, but it remains unclear if the gas is being flared or injected into a gas pipeline for use as fuel. Credit: Google Earth\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Texas-Cow-Methane_N-Dumas-Dairy-Digesters_McKenna-900x600.png 900w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Texas-Cow-Methane_N-Dumas-Dairy-Digesters_McKenna-330x220.png 330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n\n\n<article id=\"post-73247\" class=\"post-73247 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-politics-policy tag-agriculture tag-cafo tag-cafos tag-california tag-epa tag-livestock tag-methane tag-west-coast local-california local-west-coast topic-agriculture topic-super-climate-pollutants profile-georgina-gustin profile-peter-aldhous profile-phil-mckenna\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/18082023\/californias-top-methane-emitter-is-cattle-feedlot\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/California-Cow-Methane_Brandt-Cattle-Company-Manure-Compost-Field_McKenna-330x220.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Brandt Cattle Company feedyard in Southern California\u2019s Imperial Valley composts dry manure in an open field, a process that avoids nearly all methane production and emissions from the feedlot&#039;s manure. Credit: Google Earth\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/California-Cow-Methane_Brandt-Cattle-Company-Manure-Compost-Field_McKenna-330x220.png 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/California-Cow-Methane_Brandt-Cattle-Company-Manure-Compost-Field_McKenna-900x600.png 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tCalifornia\u2019s Top Methane Emitter is a Vast Cattle Feedlot. For Now, Federal and State Greenhouse Gas Regulators Are Giving It a Pass.\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By Phil McKenna, Georgina Gustin, Peter Aldhous<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n\n\n<article id=\"post-76513\" class=\"post-76513 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-politics-policy category-science tag-agriculture tag-climate-change tag-cows tag-dairy-farms tag-greenhouse-gas tag-greenhouse-gas-emissions tag-methane tag-milking-it topic-agriculture topic-environment-health topic-super-climate-pollutants profile-georgina-gustin profile-phil-mckenna\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/22122023\/milking-it-reducing-methane-from-livestock-critical-for-climate\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GettyImages-1210114542-330x220.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"A view of cattle ruminating around a dairy farm in Escondido, Calif. Credit: Ariana Drehsler\/AFP via Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GettyImages-1210114542-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GettyImages-1210114542-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GettyImages-1210114542-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GettyImages-1210114542-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GettyImages-1210114542-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GettyImages-1210114542-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GettyImages-1210114542-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tReducing Methane From Livestock Is Critical for Stabilizing the Climate, but Congress Continues to Block Farms From Reporting Emissions Anyway\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By Georgina Gustin, Phil McKenna<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n\n\n<article id=\"post-76413\" class=\"post-76413 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-politics-policy tag-biogas tag-california tag-california-central-valley tag-carbon-neutrality tag-dairy tag-dairy-biogas tag-dairy-farms tag-emissions tag-lcfs tag-livestock tag-livestock-emissions tag-low-carbon-fuel-standard tag-milking-it tag-planada tag-west-coast local-california local-west-coast topic-agriculture topic-super-climate-pollutants profile-emma-foehringer-merchant\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/28122023\/milking-it-battle-underway-california-dairy-biogas-market\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GettyImages-1482426028-330x220.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"A San Joaquin Valley dairy farm is viewed from above on April 13, 2023, in Visalia, Calif. Credit: George Rose\/Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GettyImages-1482426028-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GettyImages-1482426028-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\tA Battle Is Underway Over California\u2019s Lucrative Dairy Biogas Market\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-author\">By Emma Foehringer Merchant<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n\n\n<article id=\"post-76418\" class=\"post-76418 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-science tag-biogas tag-california tag-dairy tag-dairy-biogas tag-dairy-digesters tag-dairy-farms tag-greenhouse-gas-emissions tag-milking-it tag-west-coast local-california local-west-coast topic-agriculture topic-super-climate-pollutants profile-phil-mckenna\">\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/30122023\/milking-it-california-overstating-climate-benefit-dairy-manure-methane-digesters\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GettyImages-1241728030-330x220.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dairy cows gather at a farm in Visalia, Calif. on July 5, 2022. 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