News
Pipelines, politics, and wood pellets: a look at our most-read stories of 2019
We published hundreds of stories this year on the nation’s clean energy transition. Thanks for reading!
Connecticut
Despite recycling mandate, food waste-to-energy struggles to grow in Connecticut
A leader at the state’s only biogas plant says lax enforcement of the law has limited the potential for energy production.
renewable natural gas
Analysis: Why utilities aren’t doing more with renewable natural gas
Federal and state incentives steer RNG toward transportation, creating a barrier for utilities hoping to promote it.
North Carolina
Why North Carolina’s poultry industry isn’t creating biogas like hog farms are
Poultry growers are under less pressure and have fewer incentives than hog farms to convert animal waste to energy.
biogas
Smithfield hog biogas ambitions ‘a big step forward’ on climate action
Smithfield, the world’s largest pork producer, says its venture is driven not by growing legal pressure, but by a commitment to reduce its climate footprint.