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Lignium Energy Transforms Problematic Manure into Climate-friendly Fuel

Greentown Labs

Piles of decomposing cow manure emit methane and nitrous oxide, in addition to polluting water and contaminating soil. While the demand is primarily in Europe and Asia currently, Lignium Energy’s team says that the United States is expected to meaningfully shift from relying on coal to utilizing biomass. “We

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'Historical underestimation': Nitrogen fertiliser 'overlooked' driver of climate change, Soil Association warns

Business Green

Manure is also rich in nitrogen, it points out, but intensive farming models which separate livestock from crops - for example, the reliance on soy from South America as feed for cattle in Europe - make it impractical to use natural manure as a primary source of nitrogen, leading to greater reliance on synthetic products.

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Ahead of COP26, Top Biden Appointees Pushing Natural Gas Are Undermining His Climate Credibility

DeSmogBlog

rejoined the Paris climate agreement, new federal oil and gas leases were paused, fossil fuel subsidies were to be eliminated, a new governmental working group devoted to advancing projects that reduce emissions and greenhouse gases was formed, and pledges to achieve a “carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035” and put the U.S.