The cold air carries the distinct scent of cow manure – a smelly yet familiar side-effect of the region's thriving dairy industry. Accounting for 20% of the country's landmass, this island is ...

Homeowners plan a large turnout at a hearing Tuesday night on whether a dairy should be allowed to dump large quantities of cow manure into a holding area near their houses.

Cow burps and manure emit the potent planet-warming gas, which over a shorter period is much more powerful than carbon dioxide. In recent decades, digesters that convert manure and other organic ...

Converting Cow Manure to Fuel Is Growing Climate Solution, but Critics Say Communities Put at Risk PIXLEY, Calif. (AP) — The stench of cow feces, urine and ammonia forces residents to keep ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources fined Terry Van Maanen, who owned the dairy whose cattle supplied the manure for the digester, $10,000. “The manure release from the digester ultimately ...