California’s Top Methane Emitter is a Vast Cattle Feedlot. For Now, Federal and State Greenhouse Gas Regulators Are Giving It a Pass.

The Brandt Cattle Company feedyard in Southern California’s Imperial Valley composts dry manure in an open field, a process that avoids nearly all methane production and emissions from the feedlot's manure. Credit: Google Earth

Forty miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border in Southern California’s Imperial Valley, the Brandt Company cattle ranch is the largest single point source of methane emissions in the state, releasing more of that greenhouse gas than any oil or gas well, refinery or landfill.  The 643-acre feedlot is home to 139,000 beef cattle, according to … Continue reading California’s Top Methane Emitter is a Vast Cattle Feedlot. For Now, Federal and State Greenhouse Gas Regulators Are Giving It a Pass.

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