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Expansion of a Lucrative Dairy Digester Market is Sowing Environmental Worries in the U.S.

As projects spread from California to other states, generating financial dividends, some worry that the economic incentives could lead to negative environmental impacts for ever more communities.

By Emma Foehringer Merchant, Grace van Deelen

Dairy cows at Bar 20 line up in the feedlot. Credit: Grace van Deelen
Dairy cows have just been milked in Bar 20's milking barn. Credit: Grace van Deelen

California Has Provided Incentives for Methane Capture at Dairies, but the Program May Have ‘Unintended Consequences’

By Emma Foehringer Merchant, Grace van Deelen

Cows are seen at a farm on Jan. 17, 2020 in Ancramdale, New York. Credit: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

Manure-Eating Worms Could Be the Dairy Industry’s Climate Solution

By Grace van Deelen

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