The cow’s amazing ability to sustain itself by eating nothing but grass is one of the marvels of nature, but it comes at a cost. As grass ferments in the rumen — one of four compartments in the animal ...

Methane is a major contributor to global heating, and cows produce a lot of it. There may, however, be a way to reduce all that gas: seaweed. On a research farm at the University of New Hampshire, ...

California is taking its fight against global warming to the farm. The nation's leading agricultural state is now targeting greenhouse gases produced by dairy cows and other livestock. Despite strong ...

Before the milk gets to the creamery, the cows have to cut the cheese. A group of House Democrats in Washington have smelt this contribution to climate change, and have dealt a proposal to measure it.

The latest beef in Olympia? Cow burps, farts, and poops. Washington lawmakers are considering a bill that seeks to gather better data on the scale and scope of methane emissions released by dairies ...

A Republican lawmaker made an unusual suggestion during a public hearing Thursday on a bill that could lead to taxing the methane emissions of cows. He asked — what if the state studied and ...

Washington Democrats are pursuing a cow flatulence tax with a preposterous bill that would hurt local farmers. They say it’s to help address climate change concerns. But these are deeply unserious ...