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Holy cow! A pie-powered dairy farm?

Pacific Gas & Electric isn’t going to the dogs; it’s going to the cows. And rather than causing a ruining effect the ol’ saying implies, PG&E says it’s going to have a greening one.

The San Francisco-based utility (NYSE:PCG) launched a cow-powered contract today with renewable energy company California Bioenergy for its first greenhouse gas emission (GHG) reductions from a dairy farm. The investment is intended to yield 75,000 metric tons of verifiable GHG emission reductions.

Cow-powered ethanol heyday

November 1, 2006 - by Dallas Kachan - Can ethanol be produced with only minimal use of fossil fuel? Two innovative companies are betting the farm on it. Full Story »

Organix converting dairy waste to peat moss

October 30, 2006 - by Dana Childs - Company is turning manure into a marketable product with less environmental impact than normal composting. Full Story »
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