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State scientists warn of gas price impacts to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, which regulators will vote on this year

More than a decade ago, the state helped spark a boom in biofuels produced from plants or animal waste. But dairy biogas is used to produce a combustion fuel — which the state is on a path to phase out, especially for cars and trucks.

As California seeks to lead the nation on battling climate change, perhaps no debate is more fraught than the one over climate credits for cow poop.

As California seeks to lead the nation on battling climate change, perhaps no debate is more fraught than the one over climate credits for cow poop. More than a decade ago, California helped spark a boom

As California seeks to lead the nation on battling climate change, perhaps no debate is more fraught than the one over climate credits for cow poop.

The state currently grants the credits for fuel made from bovine manure, but there’s a problem: The cow "byproduct" is methane, which still produces greenhouse gases when burned as fuel.

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How do you change a place as polluted and desperately unequal as the San Joaquin Valley?

The California Legislature is considering changes to the states Low Carbon Fuel Standard that would cap the credits and cut guarantees for methane digesters. Despite a fierce backlash from industry groups, the environmental justice argument is gaining traction among California regulators and Gov. Gavin Newsoms administration.

The populous Golden State will need more than short-term emergency funding to solve its groundwater contamination and depletion problems.