Controlling Methane from Manure

MCLI Recommendation: “Congress could authorize environmental agencies to regulate methane emissions from manure management.”

LPDD Recommendation: “Congress could retain and, if possible, increase funding for the Rural Energy for America Program.”

LPDD Recommendation: “Each state could enact legislation requiring utilities to enter into long-term contracts with agricultural producers for the purchase of biogas and/or biogas-generated electricity, and provide funding to offset the cost of interconnecting with utility infrastructure.”

LPDD Recommendation: “States could establish their own funding programs for anaerobic digester projects.”

LPDD Recommendation: “State agricultural agencies could provide funding for, and otherwise support, research into new methane emissions reduction techniques from enteric fermentation.”

LPDD Recommendation: “State legislatures could authorize environmental agencies to regulate methane emissions from manure management.”