Groups Petition CARB To Remove Farm-Generated Methane From LCFS

A coalition of environmental justice, community and animal rights groups is petitioning the California air board to revoke the eligibility of methane gas captured at agricultural facilities from receiving credit under the state’s low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS), or at a minimum significantly reduce the projected climate benefits from such credits. The groups charge that the program greatly overstates the fuel’s climate benefits and illegally disregards the facilities’ environmental and health harms on low-income, minority communities. “Manure-to-energy projects incentivize the expansion...