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North Carolina’s Bet on Biomass Energy Is Faltering, With Energy Targets Unmet and Concerns About Environmental Justice

Renewable energy advocates say North Carolina needs to drop its support of biogas and biomass projects they say contaminate the environment and crowd out real clean energy solutions.

By Aman Azhar

A concentrated animal feeding operation in North Carolina. Credit: Aman Azhar
A concentrated animal feeding operation in North Carolina. Credit: Aman Azhar

EPA to Probe Whether North Carolina’s Permitting of Biogas From Swine Feeding Operations Violates Civil Rights of Nearby Neighborhoods

By Aman Azhar

Pigs stand in a pen at a farm in Ayden, North Carolina on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. Credit: Callaghan O'Hare/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Civil Rights Groups in North Carolina Say ‘Biogas’ From Hog Waste Will Harm Communities of Color

By Aman Azhar

A damaged hog farm stands in this aerial photograph taken above Cypress Creek, North Carolina, U.S., on Friday, Sept. 21, 2018 in the wake of Hurricane Florence. Credit: Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg via Getty Images

North Carolina’s New Farm Bill Speeds the Way for Smithfield’s Massive Biogas Plan for Hog Farms

By Aman Azhar

Can California Reduce Dairy Methane Emissions Equitably?

By Liza Gross

Hogs are raised on July 25, 2018 near Osage, Iowa. Smithfield Foods and Dominion Energy have set out to capture the methane emitted from giant hog manure “lagoons,” convert it into biogas and inject that biogas into pipelines to heat homes and buildings.

As the Livestock Industry Touts Manure-to-Energy Projects, Environmentalists Cry ‘Greenwashing’

By Georgina Gustin

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