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Cow Poop and Compost: Digesting the Methane Menace

Cow Poop and Compost: Digesting the Methane Menace

FromClimate One


Cow Poop and Compost: Digesting the Methane Menace

FromClimate One

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Length:
57 minutes
Released:
Feb 25, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In a 20-year time frame, methane is 80 times more damaging to the climate than carbon dioxide. Nationally, 37% of methane emissions come from cows. 17% of all US methane emissions come from food waste rotting in landfills. More than 100 countries, including the US, signed The Global Methane Pledge, promising to reduce methane emissions by 30% by 2030. 
In California, a new law went into effect directly addressing the state’s methane emissions from organic waste and dairy farms. The law targets a 40% reduction in the same time frame. That’s ambitious. What effect will this law have on industrial agriculture, and the general population?  
Guests:
Neil Edgar, Executive Director, California Compost Coalition
J Jordan, Policy Coordinator, Leadership Council for Justice and Accountability
Michael Boccadoro, Executive Director, Dairy Cares
Monique Figueiredo, Chief Executive Officer / Founder / Co-Owner, Compostable LA
Allen Williams, Understanding Ag
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Released:
Feb 25, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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