Americas > INTERVIEW: Researcher details shortcomings of California’s LCFS scheme in crediting avoided methane

INTERVIEW: Researcher details shortcomings of California’s LCFS scheme in crediting avoided methane

Published 21:29 on February 2, 2024  /  Last updated at 22:49 on February 2, 2024  / /  Americas, RINs & LCFS, US

Research by a US environmental NGO found that producers of factory farm biogas earning credits from California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) programme were piping gas from digester projects that continued to release methane plumes up to 1,700 kilograms per hour.
Research by a US environmental NGO found that producers of factory farm biogas earning credits from California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) programme were piping gas from digester projects that continued to release methane plumes up to 1,700 kilograms per hour.


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