The Trump administration moved closer on Tuesday to rolling back Obama-administration rules reducing oil and gas industry leaks of methane gas, one of the most biggest agents of climate change.

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Cheap and plentiful natural gas may not lead to a brighter energy future and won't slow global warming, a new study projects.

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A La Crosse-based health care network celebrated the completion of a $14 million project that uses cow manure to produce electricity in conjunction with the World Dairy Expo.

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By Sean Ryan Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District engineers are trying to line up an alternative methane pipeline route to avoid the trouble of building through a dense urban area. “The closer we get into the city, a number of issues ...

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By JASON DEAREN Associated Press Writer LIVERMORE, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of trash trucks across California are rumbling down city streets using clean fuel made from a dirty source: garbage. The fuel is derived from rotting refuse that San Francisco ...

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By Michael Casey AP Environmental Writer Copenhagen, Denmark — The United States is counting on cows to help save the planet. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced an agreement with the American dairy industry to reduce the industry’s greenhouse ...

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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — State environmental officials are considering plans for a new waste-to-energy project. N.E.W. Organic Digestion LLC wants to build a wastewater treatment plant near Denmark in Brown County. The plant will process industrial wastes that would ...

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